>band's debut is great/amazing
>they have potential to make several 8 or 9/10 albums
>the rest of their discography is just a big decline in comparison to the first
What is their name /mu/?
>>65492724
Radiohead
The Mars Volta
>>65492724
The Avalanches
>>65492724
Arctic Monkeys
the strokes
>>65492724
Nirvana
>>65492724
Bloc Party
Opeth
>>65492724
The B-52's. Although their slide was gradual until after Mesopotamia.
>band's debut is average and unremarkable
>band's sophomore album is more promising but still nothing exceptional
>rest of the band's albums thus far range from very good to fantastic
What's their name?
>>65492830
Talk Talk
>>65492724
Interpol
>>65492876
I'll accept it, but it's not who I had in mind
>>65492830
The National
>>65492724
Surfer Blood.
music is good
>>65492830
Deerhunter to a tee imo. The second half of Cryptograms was where they found their sound.
>>65493005
Bingo
>>65492758
>implying FTM isn't the best thing Cedric has ever done
>>65492830
Death Grips
>>65492784
first thing I thought, too
>Band makes one of the GOAT debut albums
>Singer immediately disowns it
>Singer writes tons of unreleased songs during this time
>They break-up
>He will never release those songs
>>65492746
Get out.
Decapitated
>band has a consistently adventurous and illustrious career
>critics and general populace only care about the group's first 3 albums
>>65492724
Burial
>>65492724
Kenosha, Wisconsin's own...
>>65492758
>>65492797
>>65492784
>>65492746
nice meme guys lmao jokes over
>>65493366
My first guesses were Love and The Smashing Pumpkins, but I think it's probably Wire
>>65493574
has contrarianism gone too far?
>band's debut album is very promising
>sophomore album is universally praised as the new standard of the genre
>third album is literal perfection
>>65492784
Yep. At this point Julian's gotta just walk away and do his own thing, for good.
>>65493591
>saying MCIS isn't amazing
contrarian maymay
Weezer
>>65493139
I wouldn't say Exmilitary is average or unremarkable, but it's certainly uninteresting to non-hip hop fans like me
>>65493615
Nirvana?
>>65493623
I wasn't implying that, I was just saying that in The Pumpkins' career only Gish, Siamese Dream and Infinite Sadness get any real critical acclaim, but not stuff like Adore or Machina (which are both pretty good)
>>65493615
Tame Impala d e s u
>>65493615
A bit of a stab in the dark, but The Stooges?
>>65493636
Weezer is the most bland artist to be universally adored on /mu/.
>>65492758
triggered
>>65493615
the microphones
What often happens is that a band's debut is made up of songs that they've been writing and tweaking for months/years, songs they wrote in high school that they've been constantly working on, etc. They release the debut under a record label. It gets produced well, advertised, produces a lot of hype. Then, the label presses them to make another, preferably in under 3 years. So they crank out these hastily written songs without the pressure of "making it", but instead "staying relevant", which of course is most effectively achieved by sticking with the original sound. Or, they go a completely different direction (producer, style, instruments) and it's not focused enough and comes out badly. Of course there's exceptions but the trend usually makes these bands fade into obscurity.
>>65493366
death grips
>>65493615
Boards Of Canada
Daft Punk, regrettably
>>65494137
>campfire headphase
>better than either of their two previous albums
no
>>65494158
>implying RAM isn't a 10/10 masterpiece
>>65493366
Kanye West (replace Graduation with MBDTF though)
>>65493075
accurate :(
>>65494179
>band's debut album is very promising
Twoism
>sophomore album is universally praised as the new standard of the genre
Music Has The Right To Children
>third album is literal perfection
Geogaddi
>>65494624
that's either an EP or a mini-album you dip
also BoC Maxima
>>65492830
Everything Everything, mark my words
Lilys - In the Presence of Nothing
This debut is amazing, but the rest after that is fairly forgettable
>>65492724
Yeasayer
>>65492724
>band's debut is good but not great
>you think they can really knock it out of the park on their next album
>instead they fuck off for 10 years and make jack shit
>the reunion album is mediocre
>>65494158
RAM is pretty good
>>65492830
CAN
if anyone has the audacity to say animal collective, i will kick you in the nuts or ovaries
>>65494624
Twoism isn't an album
>>65494770
If this isn't The Avalanches I don't know what is, but if it is then you are jumping the gun.
>>65493959
that's actually a solid analysis of it
>>65494838
Not the Avalanches since SILY was literal perfection.
>>65492724
MGMT although Congratulations is almost as good.
>>65492724
Animal Collective
>>65495027
12:15 AM, in the parking lot behind the 7-11
be there you son of a prostitute
>>65495098
>this post was supposed to be funny
>>65492724
Devo
Death Grips
>>65494930
Definitely
>>65492724
Foals
>>65492830
Kinks
>>65495136
theres nothing funny about it
you dont mess with the anco defense squad
>>65492724
>>65494770
Death From Above 1979
>>65492724
Wolfmother
>>65492830
Moby Grape I guess.
>>65495375
That's who I had in mind
>>65495564
the physical world had some great songs
>>65494687
first album's really good though
>>65493366
Any either weird phenomenon is caring only about the middle of the career.
I feel in general people only care about Hissing Fauna and Skeletal Lamping, anything earlier doesn't exist and afterwards is regarded as shitty by critics and normies alike.
>>65493620
Agreed. Tyranny was actually incredibly underrated and was better than anything the strokes had done in years. I still had hope for The Strokes as a group because Angles and CM had good moments but I've lost all faith after the FPP EP
>>65492811
Opeth? No way. Their first couple albums aren't really that impressive. It's just like really long metal. They hit a good streak where they released some truly great albums which was like Damnation deliverance and blackwater park. Watershed was pretty good.
>>65494930
Congratulations was better than OS by a little bit. It was musically more mature and experimental then the debut. It was a total change in direction but was definitely an improvement
>>65493366
This is honestly true for way too many bands. Way too many people are obsessed with novelty and will dismiss a band or (especially) solo artist simply because they've put out more than 3 albums. Conversely, if an unproven group puts out something pretty good, it'll get way more praise than if some well established group puts out the same quality work.
>>65493591
Except chairs missing is better.... Other than that though, yeah
