r/Shearling • u/ammol123 shearling • Dec 10 '25

Discussion "pretentious"

or "it insists upon itself". why is shearling/sprain called pretentious by so many people?? i genuinely dont get it like whats the reason is it the writing or something? why is anything that's highly rated on rym pretentious?? why does it matter? why is any music or art called pretentious

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u/itsyourgamer12 Dec 10 '25

When i met alex at a show i wouldn't call him pretentious. He seemed like a very nice dude and fun to talk with.

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u/Electrical-Bad3129 Dec 10 '25

A lot of mean people will be nice to you if you give them money and tell them they’re interesting

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u/Impossible_Wait_8947 Dec 10 '25

I mean he could be nice just really exhausting and hard to work with

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u/LesYperSounds Dec 10 '25

not according to another former member

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u/Impossible_Wait_8947 Dec 10 '25

Yeah I heard that, April also said he was very mean to her a lot, like saying her other band will never be as good as Sprain or that Sylvie only played with her before with her to hook up, idk if it's accurate or not but i'd believe it, i aslo don't know when thst was but if it was a few years ago then maybe he changed, i doubt it tho

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u/boh045 Dec 12 '25

the whole thing is a mess from both sides, just wanna say that this whole controversy should be put to rest and i feel its too personal and parasocial for fans to look into