The Story So Far | The Worst One, Apparently

[@jackbradbury2229]

You know a band is god tier when there “worst album” is still awesome.

[@JawncoreIL]

Seriously LOL

[@jackbradbury2229]

@@JawncoreIL Yo Jawn I used your No Pressure video in an essay about the band. Big ups.

[@geoalves_art]

and despite being their worst album, it's still great

[@assugoburin]

WHAT this is my favourite tssf album🤔

[@iangust1680]

I listen to this album more than any of their other works. Y’all are wild thinking this is their worst lol.

[@Pell710-t4g]

My favorite album of theirs!!! AND there won't be a better pop punk record better imho!!! I just connect to this on another level

[@letsroamaround2189]

Its their worst but compared to 80% of other pop punk its a 10/10

[@DoNotLookDown]

The guitar on this album is more panned in the left and right ear compared to their other stuff and it makes it sound so sonically different, I love it. In their previous album the guitars are more in the center of the mix with the occasional left and right pan thrown in there. On this album, the guitars are doing such interesting things in each ear and it makes it my favorite sounding album in their discography. I can't get enough of this production. The lead guitar in all the choruses make them so memorable. I haven't listened to them in a couple years but this album really caught me by surprise with how much more I loved it after sitting on it for a while. Favorite songs are Scowl, Mock, and Nerve. All their albums are so close together for me that my least favorite changes every time I take a break from listening to them.

[@michaelforte97]

"Nerve" is my favorite TSSF song

[@arpeggemo]

i always remember liking the repeated use of colour in the song lyrics on this album. also what was the song in the background playing at the end of the video?

[@PureBass]

The song is Clairvoyant by The Story So Far

[@arpeggemo]

thanks mate! Didn't recognise it@@PureBass

[@PureBass]

@@arpeggemo all good! It’s hard to tell because it’s so quiet and the vocals are removed.

[@PopPunkApologist]

yep, it's a karaoke version of clairvoyant that I found.

[@mikedeabold]

It’s the production it sonically sounds compressed and grungy when the former was loud and bouncy

[@brunoteixeira5092]

"worst" is the wrong word here in my opinion, this album is awesome

[@btmariano]

oddly enough, this was my favorite TSSF record when it came out, and has only be dethroned by Proper Dose. i like the earlier records fine, but personally i think this record settled them into a place I find more sonically interesting.

[@TYSMpod]

Lol the worst for The Story So Far is the absolute best for everyone else. Self titled record was goated still idc. 10/10 would recommend nearly a decade later.

[@jeffreybrown8244]

Album is a banger

[@greendaymcr86]

Self-Titled easily tops Proper Dose - PD falls off after If I Fall, but Self-Titled stays strong the whole way through. Tied with What You Don't See for their best work imo

[@JawncoreIL]

HAHAH accurate af. There are like three songs on this one I like, my favorite being Mock. How You Are, also amazing. I used to think Solo's lyrics were a bit corny but the more I've listened to it over the years the more I've grown to love its catchiness. Totally agree with expectations being sky high when it came out; they def were for me too. I suppose that's a big reason this album sounds "bad" (which I use loosely) compared to their others; when the standard is set so high it's hard af to match it.

[@VIIZZZYY]

whats your thoughts on the new single? i feel 50/50 about it

[@PopPunkApologist]

I think it’s solid! I like big blind more but neither one have blown me away. I was thinking about the singles for proper dose and I remember not being sold on those either. My favorite songs, “if I fall”, “proper dose”, “keep this up”, and “light year” weren’t singles if I recall correctly. I

[@JC-hq7iu]

@@PopPunkApologist this album will be the best yet -Jcan

[@greenacre]

What?! This is their best record!! To each their own I guess

[@childhoodepilepsy7048]

Is today Opposite Day ??

[@SleeepyJohn]

Loving the daily content youve been posting lately. Missed you a lot on your hiatus'. Not a ton of pop punk love on youtube for my liking that isnt just a reaction channel. Btw, what did you think about Lil Lotus' Nosebleeder album? I notice it didnt show up on your top albums list and wasnt sure if you didnt like it, or it wasnt on your radar. That thing is wall to wall 🔥

[@PopPunkApologist]

I appreciate that! I have not listened to it but I definitely will. I think I’m due for an “albums I missed in 2023” video as a sort of b-side to the 2023 recap. A few comments like yours have pointed me to some great releases!

[@SleeepyJohn]

​@PopPunkApologist Awesome! I think that sounds like a great idea. While I have your ear, I'll also throw out another album from last year for your list. Full Free Radical by Happydaze. I don't know if you remember the band Woes from about 5 or 6 years ago, they got a lot of heat after their debut album and just broke up pretty quickly.. These are the remaining members, and they've kept a strikingly simular sound. Very high energy and fun pop punk. I think you'll dig them based on your tastes

[@Dirtyperro42]

I love this record! It is hugely important to me. It came out on my 16th birthday, right when I was going through a breakup. Perfect timing lol! In my opinion, Nerve is the best TSSF song. That song and this album has gotten me thru the best and worst of times ever since it came out in 2015.

[@gregmaris3625]

This album is more advanced than "What You Don't See"

[@pip119]

How important is it for an artist to release albums that are uniformly good verus have a few very good / catchy singles? I might expect the latter is more important driver of sales and streams.

[@PopPunkApologist]

Good question! I might have to explore this in a future vid

[@markseb17rocks]

i am a self titled truther, i personally think its their best album, i do agree with the take that it was not liked because expectations were so high at the height of the band, but i feel like it is majority of their best songs with the pre proper dose sound

[@elftower907]

Definitely my number 2 spot. The vibe is transcendent. Old sound plus maturity.

[@connors7078]

WHOAH! It is my favourite album of theirs. I love it. 5/5 for me.

[@Nobody-ss7ks]

I overall enjoy this album more den the previous ones. This album was very hated when it dropped but reddit most ppl fuck wit it more

[@normandvictor16]

i love how groove oriented and raw this album. Not as melodic but more raw and in your face. I actually enjoy the album more than USAD. yea i know hot take but all 4 are great

[@alecadabra_]

“More of the same” doesn’t really do it justice. There’s a lot of experimentation compared to What You Don’t See

[@haro657]

Never heard of it being their worst album. I think it’s album that make is better than the last, they just keep improving. They also started experimenting on this album so I definitely doesn’t sound like the previous albums.

[@JoffreyGeenen]

It was never the best album of anything ever, but it is something so specific and unique, it's the one album they made which I go back to after long periods of time in a semi obsessive listening spree because the feeling this album gives me is an anomaly.

[@lakselv3768]

I think it's partially the mix, but the master of the album is just what drags the album down. The songs are great.

[@whileistaysecluded]

Its worth it just for Heavy Gloom and Nerve

[@OnTheRadio334]

True fans love this record.

[@fundough721]

I never understood the hate for this album. This is easily their best album. So many great songs that are catchy and hit hard. Also, none of their other albums flow as well from song to song with that unique haunting theme from that guitar feedback from track to track. It’s purely the best and they had such a great balance from pop-punk and a more indie rock vibe on this album.

[@caleb2230]

April fools isn’t for another week my friend! This record is the perfect ending to the best trilogy of pop punk albums

[@dustinhazel9413]

Literally their best album!

[@josephburney2283]

I lived all these years thinking this album was people’s favorite. Seems like ppl love self titled and prefer it over under soil and dirt and things you don’t see. To me this band matured with every record produced.

[@dabeastmax]

It is may be the worst of some of the best albums but I don’t think it is the same as the previous records in terms of theme/style. To me the earlier two albums are more typical pop punk (in that they typify and set the standard for what a pop punk album should be rather than ‘just another…’), whereas this one is MUCH darker and the band at their most bitter. I think it’s the antithesis of Proper Dose and is very much the lowest low before the highest high in terms of the general atmosphere and theme, but it was a great bridge between ‘the early work’ & the new(er) style and damn some of the songs slap so hard (shoutout How You Are).

[@whodey45]

I didnt realize this was apparently considered there worst album i prefer it over undersoil and dirt and especially proper dose if anything proper dose IMO was carried by its singles and the studio release of the album IMO ruined ":out of it". the single version was way better maybe im crazy but i loved this album it carried me so hard in my late teens especially with how common heartbreak seemed to be LMAO

[@Lifeofiction]

Bro that’s the album that got me into them lol

[@Bird0fPrey]

Stalemate is underrated af. And they have never played it live for some reason

[@PopPunkApologist]

Really, never? That’s suprising

[@dustinhazel9413]

Smile, mock, how you are top 5 song from them period

[@Dwhell]

You should do a video on Spites new album, absolute masterpiece

[@PopPunkApologist]

I’ll check it out! Can’t guarantee a video though, I’ll report back here

[@deanis7892]

wow this is my favourite

[@chsrgN]

Feeling Indigo.

[@josuf_5812]

same

[@Hasomo]

Worst album? Completely disagree. How can the worst album have such incredible songs like "nerve" or "how you are", or "heavy gloom" which are master pieces. Everyone has their opinion but I think it's one of their best, I enjoyed it more than "proper dose" for example which is great but not as good.

[@xTraexEdge]

This is their worst one?? Could've fooled me.

[@discobiscuits2100]

Worst???? Y’all are smoking crack. Give me this over Proper Dose any day.

[@TheLobster99]

But Under Soil is their worst?

[@Thickspouse]

Agree that the expectations have led to this album being perceived as worse than it is. Personally I think this is Torf’s best work, very inventive and fresh drumming throughout