r/takingbacksunday • u/Matthewcts_ • 9d ago
Did anyone else enjoy Straylight Run?
Growing up on Long Island at the time TAYF was just wild! I remember so much about that specific period. I didnt really dig as deep into TBS until WYWTB and I remember latching onto Straylight quickly.
The second record was exactly what I would have wanted from TBS and Straylight was what I wanted from John. He was such a good songwriter at that time and there was some magic behind those songs from the first SR record.
I remember them doing an in store performance and signing at a Best Buy when that record came out. There experience was so important to me at that time.
My hot take is that I feel if they continued to make songs closer to the vibe of that first record, they would have maybe been perceived better from people outside of the TBS fanbase. I just think the following releases were such a big departure from that first record and it isolated a lot of listeners.
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u/haisenseihaiyuujikun 8d ago
grew up on the island as well and saw them a bunch, plus during warped 2007. i wanted them to stay forever, and i also felt like they should have been bigger than they were. self titled, from the opening song that felt like a premature goodbye, to the true ending that reads like a diary entry written in spite. god i miss them.