For the past 10 years I've been saying, "How cool would it be if Anthony Green got back with Saosin and they released a new album?" And all my friends were like, "Yeah right, grow up Blake. Let it go, it'll never happen." And what are those friends saying now? Well.. idk. I don't have friends anymore.
Agree. This album is so much unique and one of the best ever in whole core genre. And these words are coming from someone who listens this type of music from early 00's and have heard hundreds of albums. I have still hope that Saosin will make the greateast comeback in music
Agreed. It was such a kick in the teeth type album. 22 minutes of insane drum tracks, amazing guitar and Anthony making us fall in love with his voice and words.
This album caught lightning in a bottle. Every track is a stand out. Obviously we gush about the vocals. And a lot of people compliment the drums. But I want to also geek out on the bass. I hear so many cool little details. The bass is mixed in so well. Guitar work is top notch. I guess the point is, everything came together in a special way that is not easily replicated. And everything about this album stands the test of time.
The drums on this EP were actually done by a session drummer and not the band lol but yeah they’re one of the best parts of this EP. When I say I like Saosin, I’m talking about this EP only really 😅
This whole album fully encapsulates a 3 year portion of my life. I can still smell all those smells and all those tastes. The goosebumps are constant throughout 🤓
I am 15 years old korean girl who really really loves rock and metal... I am into saosin and circa survive these days :)... I especially love Anthony green's voice. His voice is so unique and special. I bought saosin's first album yesterday in amazon(only one stock was left)although it was expensive:) I am really satisfied and happy to get that album... 2000s musics were awesome 👍🖤
Some bands to check out you might like The receiving end of sirens Envy on the coast Dance Gavin dance Lower definition The academy is Motion city soundtrack The audition Taking back Sunday Bayside Senses fail The spill canvas Emery
one of my very best friends from childhood just passed away, and this album is one of our best memories.. we shared stage with him when we played saosin covers here in chile, he was the happiest person on earth. leslie hogge, you'll be missed bud!
I don’t even like emo but this album is amazing. A high school friend of mine showed it to me, as a death metal kid, and I was impressed then as now. Def brings back “that feeling” of being a teenager in the beginning of the millenium. So real, I can almost taste it.
Me too. I think it’s the instrumentals. And singers voice is smooth unlike a lot of other bands. There hasn’t been another post hardcore album that I enjoyed other than this. I like Coheed and Cambria.
"Real Emo" only consists of the dc Emotional Hardcore scene and the late 90's Screamo scene. What is known by "Midwest Emo" is nothing but Alternative Rock with questionable real emo influence. When people try to argue that bands like My Chemical Romance are not real emo, while saying that Sunny Day Real Estate is, I can't help not to cringe because they are just as fake emo as My Chemical Romance (plus the pretentiousness). Real emo sounds ENERGETIC, POWERFUL and somewhat HATEFUL. Fake emo is weak, self pity and a failed attempt to direct energy and emotion into music. Some examples of REAL EMO are Pg 99, Rites of Spring, Cap n Jazz (the only real emo band from the midwest scene) and Loma Prieta. Some examples of FAKE EMO are American Football, My Chemical Romance and Mineral EMO BELONGS TO HARDCORE NOT TO INDIE, POP PUNK, ALT ROCK OR ANY OTHER MAINSTREAM GENRE
Nothing, nothing in the world can trigger so much emotion for me. Its like a part of me i dont even recognize in my day to day is opened up as soon as i listen to Saosin's old songs.
This album is every awkward moment, every sitting on the hood of my car watching the sun rise over the Hudson Valley through drunken eyes that has made me who I am today. It’s a record of a time I’ll never get back but if I had a choice in a life to relive it exists in this album.
Does anyone else listen to this album and get hella fucking depressed about how shit the world is today and miss how fucking amazing it was in the early-mid 00’s. Cause I fucking do. Still, this will always be one of my top 5.
2007-2008 was when life changed for the worse and permanently. The death of Myspace was essentially a cassandra and now can be understood as the end of aesthetic youthfulness. That dial-up internet, word-of-mouth world almost feels like an urban legend now.. it's haunting.
@@paratext I was just talking about this, you ever heard that meme that the death of harambe sent us down the dystopian timeline? Nah, that was just a symptom, it was the death of myspace and the rise of Facebook that was the turning point. Zuck fucked us all.
I've had constant goosebumps listening to this for the last god know how many years. The drums, the vocals, the syncopated beat changes that square out, just genius. So much sound to pick up and enjoy for years to come. Words cant truly express how much i love this album ❤
Very cool to read the comments. I discovered this album when it came out in 2003 and it still holds a very special place in my heart. I'm sure you have all heard the acoustic version as well - equally as incredible. Green is a once in a lifetime talent and his musicians are always top class.
one of the first bands i showed to my stepson and he dove head first into the scene... this was 2015... saosin holds a special place in each of our hearts.
This whole album fully encapsulates a 3 year portion of my life. I can still smell all those smells and all those tastes. The goosebumps are constant throughout 🤓
I have been listening to this pretty much all my life with my dad, I'm 15 now and a drummer and this music is pretty much home for me. I'm very thankful for my dad raising with this kind of stuff.
I remember every word I knew back then as well, that doesnt really mean much though because I only understand what Anthony is singing about 1/5 of the time.
It is the sense of nostalgia after being imprinted....a great way to sum it up through this quote. "I’m not ashamed of anything we’ve done. Those things are what they are. Music comes to you at a certain point in your life and imprints itself on that part of your mind. I think people confuse that with thinking they really love a record and want that record again. They just have nostalgia. Even if you made that sort of record again it would never correspond to your life in the same way. Those things are flukes and sort of beautiful accidents." - Dustin Kensrue of Thrice.
an absolute masterpiece, perfect classic album for the ages. never gets old. never loses that nostalgia. it very well may be anthony's best work, and that's pretty insane to think as anthony has so many legendary albums....
Amazing EP. I remember hearing this for the first time in the early 2000's (2003 maybe??). Anthony Green and this band were made for each other. They compliment the other so well. It's a shame it didn't work out.
Ugh Seven Years is so nostalgic for me and whenever I hear it I am completely bombarded with emotions. Some good and some bad, it makes me sad yet happy. I love that song.
This is, was, always will be my favorite album. Too many great songs. Too many good memories. 2015, and will be listening till I'm 6 feet under. Cheers to the days of Ant Green with Saosin. And cheers to the love, life, and road/s I've taken since hearing this.
Pirate.bey & utorrent. I don't know Bout yall, and maybe it's just cuz my best friends were pc gamers, techies, hackers in their own right, etc... but I've always been able to get my hands on mostly anything entertainment wise on the Interwebs that I desire. Except for a few really underground or local artists that I've had to extensively search for, I've had no problem with obtaining music:) thats just one of the beautiful things about the webs that certain political forces have tried to strip from the population countless times. This probably won't stop, but neither will the seeding and leeching of art & entertainment amongst lovers of music&art. It's all in the public domain in my opinion anyways and if politicians were actually looking out for the artists, authers, etc.. then they would have already thought about ways around the spreading of various things for free online. For example, n this is just one example, but idk... you could set policy that actually gives real incentive and compensation to artists for the contribution they make to culture and society. Imo art is one of the most important things to a healthy culture and human growth.it should be cherished and held in the highest regard for every generation that comes after to grow from, cry to, and love in their own right. Im a musician as well as a full-time lover of music, art n other types of human self expression that reflects, questions and answers somewhat of what most humans feel and think so much so in their hearts. This human condition kills and also births as well. As an expressionist of an introspective, outward, n every fuckin possible way in between, I can tell you that the last thing on my mind is bitching over money. In fact, I find it extremely flattering when people take the time to listen to my music. The trying of relation is so beautiful to me and all thay i ever want out of my music is for people to hear it. I kno how much music has helped me, and I feel that I as a listener have given back to the musicians I hold in my heart just by relation. How could you deny someone that beautiful relationship. Music has become such a big part of me that the music i have grown with is now literally a reflection of who i am. If just one person finds thay within my music they deserve all of it. Also, the spreading of these art forms is not only good for the exposure of the musician but its going to ensure the preservation of these beautiful expressions for as long as possible. If Shakespeare held his writings in a vault because he was afraid that future generations were gonna rip him off, he wouldn't be so revered. We would have missed out on something so fucking special. Anyway, full version apps, op systems for pc, bands and musicians full discogs, porn, games, movies, docs, etc..it's all at your fingertips! So there's no excuse to enlighten yourselves.
they were amazing. saw them open for Avenged sevenfold at the glasshouse in Pomona back in 2004. wish i still had that shirt i copped tho. great days. great song, amazing band.
I had an instrumental cd with ever one of these songs. NO vocals. I wish I still had it, Love the vocals, but man these guys are wizards. Masterpiece album.
Tomorrow at Riot Fest... 16 year old Tom's dreams will come true. Actually, I never even dreamed of Anthony Green re-joining Saosin. I assumed it was an impossibility. Tomorrow, a miracle will happen for me.
So I just discovered Seven Years. I actually never listened to this type of music before because I hated screamos, but Hail the Sun has made me kind of used to it. And now I'm here and holy fuck is Seven Years addicting! From Hail the Sun to Circa Survive to Saosin now... Post Hardcore might just be one of the best genres actually! Love it so far! No one knows any of these bands nowadays tho :< WITHOUT YOU, SOMETHING THAT I COULD NEVER DO!!!!
+Terra Nort I'm telling you man, discovering this genre just like you has been one of the best things to happen to me in my life. If you want any recommendations, I'd be more than happy to oblige.
L Yeah sure feel free to do so. For now I absolutely love Hail the Sun (and Sianvar is cool as well, but not sure it's the same genre, but it's the same singer). I liked Circa Survive's On Letting Go, I liked Blue Sky Noises a little less. Didn't get hooked on to Dance Gavin Dance. Overall took only like 2 songs from them, I don't really like the huge amount of screamos and I think it gives a weird effect with the voice of the singer. Saosin is awesome, especially Seven Years lol the ones from the self-titled album are cool as well. Didn't really explore much more for now. So, any recommendations based on what I just said? :p
+Terra Nort You basically need to listen to anything from BlueSwan records. Then go to the owner of Blue swans band Dance Gavin Dance. You seem to like the bands that do less of the screaming so Senses Fail's old stuff is a good bet. Listen to the album Let It Enfold You and Still Searching. If you begin getting use to the screams then listen to Underoath. They are pretty much the legends of post hardcore.
Gauge Stibbs Aight, thanks. I already got used to screamos, the latest album from Hail the Sun has some of it. For Dance Gavin Dance I actually only listened to Instant Gratification. Only liked We Own The Night and Something New, and those aren't my favorites from my playlist or anything, 'twas just okay I guess. So not really my thing. And I mean I'd say Seven Years has a fair amount of screamos as well (and overall Translating the Name actually has a certain amount of it) yet I love it (though I admit the screamo parts aren't my favorites). I'll check those bands and albums out, thanks!
Alex is such a great drummer, but I wonder.. Where is Pat McGrath these days? He was Slayer's drum tech and stepped in to do this album. It's some of the best drumming ever and then he disappeared.
It was a demo for a friend of a friend. Three rehearsals and a Sunday of recording all done in a week. There were no vocals when I did the tracks, but it turned out to be something truly amazing. So proud to have been part of it!!! And for the record I was a fill in drummer for Slayer during the time I was teaching/working with Dave Lombardo. Not trying to troll too hard but was considering doing some drum play through videos for this as the 15 year anniversary is next month. Thanks for wondering where I am. And POOF, he reappeared! HAHA!
I grew up on job for a cowboy and the only thing remotely close wad Hawthorne heights. They're still more brutal. I say that because you need both an angry and empathetic conscious soul to understand and appreciate Saosin. This will always be my doordashing album lol and have a place in my mind. Amazing band amazing album 2nd and 4th songs are the best. Something more brutal even than Suicide Silence about the hard to soft vocals
I never understand why they never gone big in germany!?I spent hours with listen to that EP!Till today it's still powerful and make me think about my youth!
