Thank You Scientist

I like Thank You Scientist a fair bit, however I do think that they're a little one note with their music, as in a lot of it ends up sounding a bit samey. It could also be that I think their albums are a little too long and my attention drifts after a while. I think Terraformers a really solid album, however I think it would be an even more solid 50 minute album. Regardless of all that, the sound that band has is super unique to them and they own it, everything they've released to my ears is still good, this release included. I like this format of release from the band where it's nice and concise, but honestly this wasn't the biggest creative statement I was hoping for with that said. It kinda reaffirms how I already felt about the band. I do love the 2-minute opener Gigglebutton a lot, absurdly cool grooves across that track. Unfortunately, that's where the EP peaks for me. The rest is good, but I can't say it's anything we haven't heard between the last two albums.

Edited by dougmcauliffe - December 07 2021 at 18:48

I didn't know it was out! I will have a listen, I liked the last album.

Sounds good to me!

Edited by Jeffro - December 13 2021 at 05:54

Grumpyprogfan wrote: Zeph wrote: I have listened some to a few earlier albums, but mist agree that it sounds a bit samey from album to album. OMG. Thanks for the reply. I see from your review page that you are a Wobbler fan also. Do you think their albums sound different? Not only do they sound samey, to me, but the music they write is very 70's - ish. Their last album sounded not only samey with themselves but also sounded like Yes and Gentle Giant. And what is wrong with sounding samey anyway? It your signature sound that no one else has. Every time I listen to Chick Corea, Alice Cooper, Steely Dan, Dream Theater, and countless others, it sounds samey but I love it. What bands can you name that don't sound samey?

I don’t know if I explain it better, but I’ll try. Maybe I like Wobbler better than TYS. Some bands are more prone for this to happen with than others. Maybe sounding the same is the wrong way to describe it. Perhaps I feel that way about bands that weren’t as interesting to me, even if I enjoyed some of their albums. In some cases I like a few albums, then don’t get excited about the rest if they stay in the same sonic vein. Leprous is another example. Listened a lot to some earlier albums and can still put them on, but the later ones didn’t bring that much new, and I lost interest. In other bands, I can keep listening and be excited about a lot more albums.

At the end of the day, it’s just my opinion. Some bands get into my hall of fame by being samey for decades, while others fail to stay in focus for being samey. Not much I can do about it, except perhaps to identify these cases and better explain to others how I feel. Thanks for making me take a few minutes to consider this.

The thing with Wobbler is that it's a bit easier on the ears. Thank You Scientist is not always easy on the ears. I like both bands but for different reasons.

I love Wobbler and Neal Morse so I'm cool with artists having a sound and sticking to it. 

I wasn't aware of a new TYS.  I will need to check this out. 

miamiscot wrote: I love Wobbler and Neal Morse so I'm cool with artists having a sound and sticking to it.  Ramones, AC/DC and Kiss had pretty good careers recording and releasing the same album over and over... Thank You Scientist are awesome. Not my cup of tea but they do what they do extremely well.