Dayseeker - 'Dark Sun' made me weak | Full Album Reaction Highlights 

thats so beautiful. this album is a genuine masterpiece imo

My favorite part of the whole album is how Parallel flows perfectly into Afterglow

Parellel was the best song in the album !!

I'd argue it's the heaviest album they've done. Not instrumentally, but lyrically.

It's heavy in the way it needed to be, it is a beautiful album with some fantastic lyrics.

Is not really the lack of heaviness, its the fact that the synth/electro elements are so present, that it left out pretty much all the other instruments, I even wonder if the other guys had fun recording this aside from Rory.

This is their sound and the sound of this album is perfect in every way

@@teggynick94 to you

@@adrianmoreno2354 northlane did the same thing yet people praise them lol

@@nikoraasu6929 Northlane did not do the same thing. They're still metalcore, they blended genres with edm and grunge but the entire album hits like a truck because they use every genre and mash them together. They're still Northlane, at its core it is a metal album. This is Hurtwave, not Dayseeker, it's synth-pop. Rory has a solo project that sounds exactly like this, which makes this album a bit odd.

this is the perspective a lot of folks need to go into this album with. This really was what Rory needed to do to help cope with his Father's passing and I find beauty in that. It also helps that despite the fact that these are songs that are not as heavy or guitar driven, that they are still fantastically written, performed, and mixed/mastered.

Interesting!! I didn’t know this was the case

Man looking at critics review on the album just made me sad lol, most of them be like “iT nOt HeAvY” and rarely anyone acknowledges that this is supposed to be a softer, more emotional album about his late dad and newborn daughter while mostly maintaining the Sleeptalk production/style

Hey, it's out now!

@@the_gpatch6933 really cool to see this over a year later haha but I listened to it and I felt the same exact way I felt at the show. They did it perfectly!

For real and I love heavy. I LOVE bad omens latest album as well

It is beautiful but compared to Sleeptalk it is disappointing as a Dayseeker record. As a Hurtwave record it would’ve been great.

I don't think it's shallow to have a taste and be disappointed when something you anticipated doesn't match your taste. It depends how you deal with that though. If you get angry with the band or vent your disappointment at them that's just immaturity and asshole mentality I just accept it's not the album I wanted, but the album the band needed, so it doesn't matter, all power to them, I hope their next record will be more up my alley and if it isn't that's okay, I got other bands to listen to and hope Dayseeker are successful with what they do

@@2sthimo449 id argue it is. if all you want is heavy music then i see that as no different than pop fans who only want happy easily digestible songs that dont challenge them

@@charizardmaster13 Maybe I don't use the word shallow correctly but to me if someone gives something a fair shot and it just isn't it that's not shallow. I want music to energize me, so any song thats trying to be chill has to be really good for me to like it. I don't think it's a failure to have a clear preference In my eyes itd be shallow if I listened to it and said "Nah no screaming, generic mainstream pop shit goodbye"

I wanna say you made that comparison knowing Rory is in both, but incase you didn’t, now you do lol

Dang, I find that interesting. Dream state is my favorite I gotta say. It’s your least?

People just dont look into the overall theme or journey an album tries to provide. All they think about is sound. Are people really that simple to be entertained and satisfied with an album that just sounds the same to its previous successes? People just seem to be very hypocritical in that sense.

@@knifeuu777 why are you do condescending and arrogant?

Wrong. Nothing to do with the themes. People understand it very well. They are not stupid and you are not as smart as you thinl. I like dark sun because i like synthwave and ambient music but half of the record are not rock songs. It sounds mote like hurtwave than dayseeker.

And they’re touring together!!! Can’t wait to see them both live

Highly disagree, I think Bad Omens did a much better job blending genres than this album does. Bad Omens did a lot of weirdly experimental things and mixed it with metalcore, this album is a Hurtwave album and the 4 singles are the only thing on it that resemble anything even remotely close to Dayseeker. The album doesn't NEED to be metal, but comparing it to TDOPOM doesn't make sense considering that album was genre bending metal constantly, this is synth-pop from front to back. They are completely different genres and two different types of albums. It's good in a completely different way.

@@psrevoke8343 To make myself clear I’m talking about rivaling TDOPOM in terms of album of the year. Both albums have God tier production with relatable lyricism. I agree they are different but Dark Sun does have heavy Metalcore elements in songs like Neon Grave and Dreamstate. I think blending the Hurtwave side project with Dayseeker was on purpose because Rory has said in the past he wanted to take Dayseeker in a more pop direction. But it’s your opinion which I respect. You don’t have to like what I say but I think these two albums rival each other because they each provide something the other album doesn’t. I honestly wanted more pop from Dayseeker since their Metalcore stuff, while good, doesn’t really appeal to me as well as other bands. Again, it’s my opinion and our opinions on this album are bound to be subjective. It’s okay if you disagree. I ain’t getting butt hurt about it. Just wanted to share how I see things.

Nah man bad omens did it the correct way, sleeptalk is equal to that album not this one

@@shaystuter2544 Again, your opinion.

For what it’s worth, the album is growing on me. Just took a bit more time lol

You gotta toughen up dude

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It's my second favorite on the album behind Afterglow.

yesss i love The Band CAMINO

@@skylar2571 me tooo! They’re one of my all time favourite bands!

I'm not upset that it isn't heavy, I'm upset because of the lack of diversity and the blending together of songs. The album would be a below average Hurtwave album in my opinion too, because that's what this should have been. It's incredibly boring to listen to for a lot of people. Crying While You're Dancing is incredible, and it isn't heavy in the slightest. It has instruments, it has peak points in the song, it has low points that contrast it, it has a chorus that blasts out of the calm melody beforehand, it has a solo, it is constantly progressing. In my opinion, the non singles do none of that and instead opt for a lull of sorts, a very calm and sleepy vibe and they all sound identical. If they took the Bad Omens route and went all in on blending metalcore with this synth-pop sound, we would have gotten something really unique. This is just Hurtwave. That's my problem. The lyricism is great but it can't carry an entire album alone.

@@psrevoke8343 word I can respect that. I’m just choosing to believe this is a 1-off sound for the album due to the tragedy, and it’ll be back to more of a blended sound in projects down the road

@@brent_004 yeah we'll see, I think Rory was talking about blending the two projects (Hurtwave & Dayseeker) because he wanted to go for a more pop oriented approach, so it may not come back unless they all decide against it after this release. Regardless, all it really needs is a bit more energy and I'm on board. I don't need breakdowns or screaming, I just want more of what they did with the singles. Either way I do respect the work they put into this album and I see why people like it, it's just not entirely aimed at their metalcore audience.

that’s so sick, the band camino are one of my favourite bands atm

Yeah idk I think Rory wants them to be a pop band but I could be wrong. It's unfortunate considering Hurtwave already exists.

You know why they released only the rock songs

@@Revan-eb1wb They wanted to satisfy the Sleeptalk fanbase.

@@CFLaughs I guess so. Kind of misleading. People thought the whole record would be like the singles. And only half of the record is rock. The rest is a synthwave record. I still like it but i totally understand when some are annoyed

@@Revan-eb1wb I honestly am one of those who feel slightly disappointed because of how misleading the heavy singles were. I do appreciate what they wanted to do with this record and that they obviously didn't wanna do a copy and paste of the Sleeptalk sound which is admirable but I can't help but enjoy listening to Sleeptalk a little more. That album is fucking powerful.

To be fair if you are a fan of the band, Rory made it very clear this was not for people who want more of the sleeptalk sound or any heavy, and to be fair the dudes gone through alot the past year, the sounds gonna be different. It'll probably switch up again for the next album.

But my comment was pointless as based on your other comments, you're just a hater. I would check if you're tone deaf if you think the songs sound too similar or "samey". It's fair to not like it though, just make sure your criticism are valid if you're going outside of it just being your opinion.

@@MyEpicAnime ??? I'm not a hater I love Dayseeker AND Hurtwave for different reasons. I don't like this album, that's not illegal. Nothing I said makes me a hater, it's called an opinion. Being a fan doesn't mean you have to like everything they release lmao wtf dude. I think the album blends together too much, that's an opinion.

@@psrevoke8343 My guy you literally didn't read my comment. Also having an opinion doesn't equate to your replies to other peoples comments " I don't understand why people like this, it all sounds the same". either you're a hater, or need to learn what an opinion is. Objectively they don't sound the same unless you're tone deaf, that's not an opinion that's a fact, whether you like it or not is an opinion.

@@MyEpicAnime bruh lmao "I don't understand" means ME, I, do not understand. I'm not the world's only album critic, you're making it out to be like my opinion is the only one that matters and that isn't the truth. I never once said that. So you can stop acting like that lmao

It doesn't really need to be heavy, it just needs to be diverse enough to catch your attention and keep you pulled in. For me, this didn't do it at all. Everything sounded almost identical and the only songs I have saved to my playlist are the singles and Dark Sun. Some people are saying this is their AOTY, for me it's the sleepiest album of the year lmao. I've never heard so many songs back to back with choruses and verses that I can't identify due to a monotonous melody and no instruments.

I feel you on that. The singles were slightly misleading.

Same lmao idk what people see honestly. Hurtwave is more interesting and technical than this is. I honestly got lost and had to check the track list a couple of times because they all blend together.

Agreed. RIP heavy.

I mean if you cannot fathom the value of the songs they put into this album, then that's fine. But don't shit on the album when you fail to understand the emotion of it all.

@@knifeuu777 i 100% understand the emotion behind it but if all the songs instrumentally didn’t sound the same, i would’ve put a more positive comment on it then.

@@psrevoke8343 hurtwave works because it is pure synthwave . Dark sun kind of tries to sound like hurtwave as well. No idea why