[Brian]

Whoa, never knew a longer version existed. Can’t wait to hear this.

[Brian]

I want Make It Big and most of all Spin The Globe. One of my favorite RBF songs and I want justice for it.

[Brian]

I’ve been listening to this album since the leak was posted, I’d finally like to review each song. Please let the noob speak.

Everyone Else Is An Asshole – A very nice upbeat song. Will sound great live and should be their opening song. Has some of the funniest lyrics Aaron has written. 9.5/10

Punisher – Another great song. The drum part sets this apart from the others. And holy shit sax solos. 9/10

She’s Not The End Of The World – My favorite song on the album. By a lot. Catchy, with awesome lyrics and horn parts. One of my favorite RBF songs they’ve ever made. 10/10

Don’t Let Me Down Gently – A nice cover, nothing too special, but still a solid track. 8/10

I Know You Too Well To Like You Anymore – I love hearing RBF duets with a girl singer. I’d like to hear more. The only thing I don’t like is the lame fart joke. Otherwise great song. 9/10

Hiding In My Headphones – Ugh…definitely the weakest track on the album. Why they chose this as the single baffles me. It would be so much better without the stupid high pitched voice. The horn breakdown is phenomenal though. And too many guests. 5/10

I Dare You To Break My Heart – Awesome. Great lyrics, sounds like it’s straight off of Cheer Up. I enjoy the five minutes. It’s something they don’t do very often. 9/10

Your Girlfriend Sucks – The one I couldn’t wait to hear in full from the preview. A relatable song. Love the horns. But I’d think we all do in every song on this album. They’re fantastic. 9/10

Don’t Stop Skankin’ – A nice instrumental, doesn’t really sound like a Reel Big Fish song until you hear Aaron yell due to the minor key. Muted trumpet? Yes please. I could live without the bit at the end though. 9.5/10

Famous Last Words – Yes. Yes. Yes. I love hearing the serious side of Aaron. Shows that he’s not just sarcastic, that there’s something there. I love that it’s based from the Sell Out intro as well. 10/10

Lost Cause – Not that big of a fan. I don’t really know why though. It’s not bad, but the other songs just blow it away in my opinion. 7.5/10

I Love/You Suck – Completely relatable. Been in this situation before so it sticks to me. 8/10

P.S. I Hate You – I wonder if they were making fun of the Beatles song here? Anyways, awesome fast paced song gets me pumped up. Reminds me of All I Want Is More or Nothin’ from TTRO. 9.5/10

The Promise – One of my favorite covers they’ve done ever. Love hearing the reggae side of the Fish. This song is a fantastic closer to the album, it’s calm and it’s almost like the album is laying you down to bed after the fast paced songs before it. 10/10

All in all, this album is great. The horns have never sounded better, and the lyrics are great as always. Fantastic work from the Fish as expected. One of my favorites that they’ve made. The only bad thing I can say is that there’s no “Make It Big” or “Spin The Globe”. Well, maybe next album…

[Brian]

Good lord, it’s fantastic.

[Brian]

The band JUST confirmed it on twitter.

[Brian]

Gabriel Redondo: no trendy? aww 🙁 hahaha

That upsets me, I forgot to put Trendy! I was so excited because I thought they weren’t gonna play it!

[Brian]

It’ll probably leak soon enough. But buying it either way.

[Brian]

Alex: Holy crap, they played The Fire? How\’d that sound? That\’s one I never thought they\’d play live without two guitars.

It was good! They said they never play it because “it’s a terrible song”. Also, Aaron played backing guitar with Goldfinger.

[Brian]

Nope. Went to the Cleveland show a few days ago, went to buy it and the merch guy said they don’t have it.

[Brian]

ReelBigCohen:

Alex: Sweet, I love instrumentals. I hope they just keep playing more and more new songs.

Also, I think SL\\\’s been playing first all tour so far, can anyone confirm this? I figure if that ends up happening at the show I\\\’m going to I\\\’ll just stay in the crowd for SL and RBF and hang out in the back to relax during the Maxies and Big D.

Once the Maxies join up with the tour there is NO WAY they could go on after Sl. I just dont see how that\’s possible…

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With Beautiful Bodies it went like this: BB, SL, Big D, Goldfinger, and finally RBF.

[Brian]

Gabriel Redondo: and you remember the full setlist brian?

I tried to remember as much as I could. I posted it here, there is a good chance it is out of order though. http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/reel-big-fish/2012/house-of-blues-cleveland-oh-7bdf0ef8.html

[Brian]

Last night’s Cleveland show was awesome! All the bands were good. As for RBF, they played “Don’t Stop Skankin” and “Punisher”  from the new album. Don’t Stop Skankin’ is the instrumental on the album. Sounds good to me. Makes me want the new album even more. “Coming out next year, this July!” in the words of Dan.

[Brian]

I’m going to the Cleveland show next week, so I’ll post the setlist. (Oh yeah, hi all first post)

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