Does anybody know what's been going on with AFI for the past 6 months?

[equinox336]

The guy from Death By Stereo has also said this. Not to mention I remember an article from AP with Davey around '05 where he had said that the writing process and the sound was much darker than STS and he expected it to incorporate more of a NIN/VNV feel to it.

Fuckin' Interscope. I wanna hear that shit so bad now.

[Pete]

I don't think it's any coincidence that AFI started to put out brighter/glossier/more commercialized/overproduced music soon after they switched from Dreamworks to Interscope. DU and Crash Love aren't totally awful (both have many great songs despite the lame overcompressed major label production), but coming from Sing The Sorrow, it's like night and day.

[xFatherDavidx]

I still think DU turned out as a good record, whatever went on in the background the band still wrote those songs. I'm just excited for a new record.

[Madrockradio]

I don't think it's any coincidence that AFI started to put out brighter/glossier/more commercialized/overproduced music soon after they switched from Dreamworks to Interscope. DU and Crash Love aren't totally awful (both have many great songs despite the lame overcompressed major label production), but coming from Sing The Sorrow, it's like night and day.

It's not as compressed as a lot of other releases. Look at the Death Magnetic fiasco the mastering house caused, lol.

[Sunder Munich]

no reason this shouldn't be able to be posted on the board. i'm weeding through this for the first time in a couple years and it's kinda funny. http://www.formspring.me/soundrhino668

[Sunder Munich]

EDIT: my memory got the best of me. search for the post. still think what i said is true though, especially when taking a look at songs like fainting spells. also, speculation on a new label, anyone? I want this board to get interesting again.

[A SolitaryEcho]

Jerry Finn was one of the reasons Sing The Sorrow is so damn good.

[Creep]

I have pretty high hopes for the new record since CL was a step in the right direction. All members are doing their own thing and hopefully getting out some of their artistic ideas, so we can hope they now can make a good AFI record.

[BeneathTheInk]

EDIT: my memory got the best of me. search for the post. still think what i said is true though, especially when taking a look at songs like fainting spells. also, speculation on a new label, anyone? I want this board to get interesting again.

Fainting Spells is from the same recording session as the rest of DU, so I don't think it's a reflection of what the album could have sounded like. However, Fallen Like The Sky and On The Arrow are from an earlier session, perhaps the same recordings the label "rejected." Personally, I would kill to hear an entire album that matches the quality of those two songs

[equinox336]

Fainting Spells is from the same recording session as the rest of DU, so I don't think it's a reflection of what the album could have sounded like. However, Fallen Like The Sky and On The Arrow are from an earlier session, perhaps the same recordings the label "rejected." Personally, I would kill to hear an entire album that matches the quality of those two songs

Sing the Sorrow exceeds. But those are the best songs on Decemberunderground, ironically.