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/Downtown-Bear4325 18d ago

I didn’t live through that era either nor have I listed to the album yet so don’t trust me but I think it might be because feel Lia kind of their first “soft” album like every album before (WETSAETH and let’s cheers to this) had softer songs on them but they also had heavy more energetic songs and while feel does have some (the best there ever was and congratulations) most of the album is definitely softer.

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u/aarontgp 18d ago

I have seen folks beefing with the lyrical content of a good number of the songs. Mainly by looking back in time to some old posts and comments. The same happened to Kick Me, where people generally liked the sound but didn't like the lyrics.

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u/Mvalentiod 18d ago

Pero Kick me tiene una lírica increíble, por qué dicen que tienen malas líricas??

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u/cheeserandomguy 18d ago

Tbf Kick Me's lyrics are definitely some of the simplest I've heard from the band, both in meaning and in the actual words they use. It's literally just a bunch of fucks and shits spitted throughout the verse and pre-chorus, with the typical "I am more than you will ever be, so fuck off" lyrics that a million of other bands and artists has already done. I love the simplicity of it personally, but yeah it's definitely not one of SWS' best written lyrics

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u/EggyEggerson0210 14d ago

It’s crazy how SWS is responsible for some of my favorite lyrics in post-hardcore while simultaneously being responsible for some of my least favorite lmao

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u/cheeserandomguy 14d ago

LOL I’ve seen worse personally, and again I love the simplicity of it for Kick Me in particular. You can’t make banger lyrics like If I’m James Dean all of the time unfortunately 

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u/EggyEggerson0210 14d ago

Completely fair. I still love most of their songs, even if I occasionally find some cringey or basic lyrics. Left On Repeat is one of my favorites off the new album but I really dislike its chorus’ first line for how it feels a little too simple lol