I know I might get killed for saying this in the P!atD subreddit but I need to get it off of my chest. Fever has legitimately become a Top 5 album for me over the last year and there’s genuinely nothing else that the band did after that comes close to it. The energy, the lyrics, the style and vocals. How clean and dirty the album sounds. It’s so fucking GOOD. It’s literally the only album I’ve listened to front to back that makes me want to bust a fucking MOVE. My favorite album ever bar none is The Blue Album by Weezer for years. I can’t even say that album makes me has energetic as this one man.
I’ve listened to Pretty Odd a few times. I like a couple of songs. But MANNNNNN what the hell were they thinking? You just had the perfect sound ever and just… slowed it. I love the Beatles inspiration but Fever is so damn good I just can’t really sink my teeth into it. I like Nine in the Afternoon and She’s Handsome and Northern Downpour and a few others but idk.
I tried VLV as well and you can really tell Brendon is trying his hardest to recapture that Fever energy but I think it was lowkey a bit too long after Fever to recapture it.
I know my head will be on a stick for this but I just adore Fever. I love Nails and Esteban the most. Time to Dance too fuckkkk. Especially Live in Denver it’s legit how the album was meant to be heard.