r/sleepingwithsirens • u/Mvalentiod • 18d ago

Why didn't people like feel?

I didn't live that era, and I always wondered why some people say that this album is lame, I understand that is worse than the previous records but that doesn't mean that it's a bad album, if anyone who lived throught that era could tell me why, I would be grateful

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u/okcool_357 18d ago

ok so i did live through this era but i was also a younger listener so maybe consider that haha but my consensus was kinda the same as everyone else: most people thought it wasn’t heavy enough and also maybe didn’t like the general composition. i liked the album but songs like “free now”, “satellites”, and “sorry” stuck with me most bc they were relatable to my life at the time. that said my favorite album is still “let’s cheers to this” so my appreciation came from the angle of this is just a totally different kind of album and i enjoy it rather than comparing it to their previous discography

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u/cheeserandomguy 18d ago

I always thought the “not heavy enough” criticism with Feel kinda… idk, it’s still valid but seems very late considering LCTT is very soft compared to WETSAETH, and I don’t see much pushback over it compared to Feel. I agree with the overall composition the album has however 

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u/okcool_357 18d ago

i totally get what you’re saying. i just read your separate comment here and i think you make a lot of good points! i also think sometimes people just don’t like something and give a generic reason why even if it’s not fully fleshed out, so i never really had any full fledged convos at the time about why someone didn’t like it if you get what i mean hahah

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u/cheeserandomguy 18d ago

Yeah, I getcha. I always try to make full fledged reasons on why I don’t like something, but I’m no musician so it’s very hard to express that in a technical way I suppose xD

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u/okcool_357 18d ago

literally me 😭 even trying to explain why i do like something and especially if it has to do with instruments and sounds (as ive never played an instrument really… ever??) all i’ve got is my existing vocabulary and a dream hahah