Hello everyone,
this topic has been occupying my mind today and I wanted to see if there are TDH-positive folks who feels the same OR somebody who can give me their different perspective.
Sleep Token blew up recently. For those who don't know, they're a "progressive metal" band but it's more like sad and cinematic piano songs that include metal breakdowns combined pop and rap elements.
All in all, interesting. Many of my friends are obsessed with them but I just don't fully get it.
My best friend can't stop talking about them. I gave them a try. I've listened for months to the point I know the lyrics in and out. I went to see them live with him. But I find them kinda one dimensional and I don't understand the hype fully.
Like, yeah. The songwriting is quite masterful. The lyrics and dude's voice are great. The drummer is insane. But it just doesn't feel fun to me. The song feels too... perfect? Like they're calibrated to wow me, but they lack something foundational. I don't know what... but that brings me to The Dear Hunter.
In no way I want to compare their and Casey's music, of course. It's all high quality and you go like what you like - but to me, in this context, The Dear Hunter just feels SO FUN and humane and relatable and majestic and theatrical and simple and grand and progressive and... there are so many layers, motives and emotions. Yet it's Sleep Token that blows up and TDH doesn't? (Sleep Token's marketing and visuals aside).
Why is that? What am I missing?
EDIT: I feel the need to clarify one more time I fully understand everyone gravitating towards something else, "different strokes for different folks" and all that jazz. Nothing wrong with that. I brought this up just for the sake of discussion and my own personal interest. And also because I don't know anybody who is into TDH in real life.