Scared Of Fear

[stip]

The liner notes actually say "pool cue - sean penn"

That's just silly. You couldn't make it through an album without making a Sean Penn reference?

I can't wait for the next "list each album's fatal flaw" discussion.

honeymoon’s over, team

[Ms Harmless]

The liner notes actually say "pool cue - sean penn"

That's just silly. You couldn't make it through an album without making a Sean Penn reference?

I can't wait for the next "list each album's fatal flaw" discussion.

agree, that's the worst thing about this album

[epilogue]

My first impression of this song at the movie event this past Tuesday was fairly middling. But I gotta say, listening to it this morning on headphones, walking to the train to get to work, it grabbed me. This one might just end up being a favorite once the dust settles!

[epilogue]

And I like the pool cue sound

To me it sounds like what Ed imagines the big bang sounded like and I think that's cute

[Ms Harmless]

And I like the pool cue sound

To me it sounds like what Ed imagines the big bang sounded like and I think that's cute

oh no, I like the sound! it's cool, I just don't like Sean Penn

[epilogue]

And I like the pool cue sound

To me it sounds like what Ed imagines the big bang sounded like and I think that's cute

oh no, I like the sound! it's cool, I just don't like Sean Penn

Phew!

[Ms Harmless]

Matt plays the "voices calling" climax of the bridge in the same way as RVM is played (bass drum on every 8th beat), lending it similar power

[WaitingForBluey]

The weight of expectation for this one massively clouded my initial listening experience. With each listen, it's unpacking and turning into a monster... starting to feel like quintessential Pearl Jam and the perfect album opener

:bammer emjoi

[VinylGuy]

Lyrically it feels close to Hail, Hail

[stip]

i can see that

[Jaeti]

quintessential Pearl Jam

[Kalevi]

This is a great song and it sounded like Sean Penn had a good break

[Tj]

The weight of expectation for this one massively clouded my initial listening experience. With each listen, it's unpacking and turning into a monster... starting to feel like quintessential Pearl Jam and the perfect album opener

:bammer emjoi

It has been my biggest grower from leak to album.

[stip]

i am annointing Scared of Fear a five star designation in my rankings. This may be better than Life Wasted, my current number 3 opener

[Got Some]

This one has been the biggest grower for me.

These guys rock!!!

Upgraded to 5 stars

[oneway23]

honeymoon’s over, team

This didn't get the attention it deserves

i am annointing Scared of Fear a five star designation in my rankings. This may be better than Life Wasted, my current number 3 opener

Coming in hot, stip...that's a strong stance for being so early in the game.

Not sure I'm fully onboard with either (yet?), but, I support the possibility.

[Kevin Davis]

I think this is my favorite straight ahead PJ rock song off the last few albums, which is saying something since Gigaton had some truly great ones. I have a fondness for songs that are uptempo and musically aggressive but melodically very pretty, a somewhat rarified commodity in PJ's music that pops up in some weird places and absolutely does in the chorus of this song. It's like there's this propulsion and ferocity in the music that is softened by a sense of sweetness in the vocal melody that somehow swells bigger than the tempestousness in the music. To my ears, the chorus to "Marker In the Sand" is like this. The verses to "Green Disease" are like this. Through a certain lens, "Last Exit" is like this. Not that the songs sound similar, but they share this quality -- you could pull these melodies out, adorn them differently, and you'd never guess that they originated in uptempo rock songs (check out the String Quartet version of "Last Exit" for proof of this).

After "Upper Hand," this is my favorite song on the record.

[stip]

I love that last exit strings performance


Scared of Fear has probably knocked Setting Sun out of the way into my number two. Is it better than Superblood or Who Ever Said - too early. But it is in their elite company, and could be. It's a more consistent listen start to finish, and Eddie's performance is incredible for all the reasons you just captured

[digster]

I think I'm warming up to this song, after it left me a bit cold on the first few listens. I think I'm often attracted to those PJ openers that feel like a line in the sand or statement on how this album is going to differentiate from what you heard last time (Last Exit, Go, Sometimes, Who Ever Said fall under this). But the band doesn't always do this and they don't always need to. Sometimes it's okay to ease into what's coming with a really good rock song, as long as it delivers; I feel like Yield and Binaural both do this. Scared of Fear feels more in that vein, and I appreciate it more through that lens.

[Monkey_Driven]

I think this is my favorite straight ahead PJ rock song off the last few albums, which is saying something since Gigaton had some truly great ones. I have a fondness for songs that are uptempo and musically aggressive but melodically very pretty, a somewhat rarified commodity in PJ's music that pops up in some weird places and absolutely does in the chorus of this song. It's like there's this propulsion and ferocity in the music that is softened by a sense of sweetness in the vocal melody that somehow swells bigger than the tempestousness in the music. To my ears, the chorus to "Marker In the Sand" is like this. The verses to "Green Disease" are like this. Through a certain lens, "Last Exit" is like this. Not that the songs sound similar, but they share this quality -- you could pull these melodies out, adorn them differently, and you'd never guess that they originated in uptempo rock songs (check out the String Quartet version of "Last Exit" for proof of this).

After "Upper Hand," this is my favorite song on the record.

Yes!