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	Louder Now4.25 Released: 2006

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From the high-octane drumming and blazing syncopated riffs that rain down on “What’s It Feel Like to Be a Ghost”—the opening track on Taking Back Sunday’s latest CD Louder Now—it’s clear that the album’s title couldn’t be more fitting. Faster, darker and harder than its 2004 predecessor, the best-selling Where You Want To Be – Louder Now is the album that bottles the lightning that this powerful, melodic hardcore band generates whenever they hit the stage.
“We love our first two albums [Where You Want To Be and the 2002 debut Tell All Your Friends], but we were always told that our live show had more energy than the records,” says guitarist-vocalist Fred Mascherino. “Our intention with Louder Now was to capture that energy. Keeping that in mind the whole time we made our record, we got some really intense results.” “It’s the record we have always wanted to make,” declares lead singer Adam Lazzara. “We brought in every element from every influence we’ve ever had. It completes the spectrum.”
Louder Now’s intensity was propelled by producer Eric Valentine (Queens Of The Stone Age, Third Eye Blind) pushing Taking Back Sunday to be better at every turn. “Eric brings to the table the rare ability to take a band that’s been playing for years to an entirely higher level,” says Mascherino. “He is a master of his craft,” adds Lazzara. “He hears and sees things that are nearly impossible to notice being so close to the songs. He pushed us to edge of our abilities and then a little further.” The band members knew they wanted to musically exceed their previous tracks, which were filled with pop-tinged hardcore anthems. “It was important to us when recording Louder Now that we give fans a full listening experience.” Mascherino says. “One of the ways we tried to accomplish that was to experiment with new and different sounds for songs.”
One example is the rollicking “Miami.” The drum kit was set up in the smallest room in the studio, giving Mark O’Connell’s drumming a tight ’80s sound, complementing Matt Rubano’s basslines and further topped with Cure-like guitar tones, and a scorching guitar solo. The end result is unlike anything the band has recorded to date.
The album’s first single “MakeDamnSure” relies on classic Taking Back Sunday Influence, with singer Adam Lazzara’s yowling vocals mixed with Eddie Reyes’ and Mascherino’s slashing guitars. The twin guitar assault and emotional point/counterpoint lyrics are still the lynchpin of their sound. The lyrics illuminate Louder Now’s overall themes of discontent and uncertainty. “A good example is ‘What’s It Feel Like To Be A Ghost?’” mentions Lazzara. “It touches on feeling like an apparition no matter what it is I try or do or where I find myself at any given moment. Simply being withdrawn to the point where the line between what is and is not real gets blurred. The album is about struggling to figure out where the hell we all fit in,” he adds. “It’s like a pre pre-midlife crisis.”
After releasing Where You Want To Be, the band played around “a bazillion” shows, by Mascherino’s reckoning (“You seriously forget your address and home phone number”), including the 2004 Warped Tour, British rock festivals Reading and Leeds, and a sold-out headlining tour. Things did not let up in 2005 when they did a co-headlining arena tour of North America with Jimmy Eat World and performed two sold-out shows in June at Britain’s Milton Keynes National Bowl with Green Day, each band playing to the biggest audiences of their careers.
Continuously inspired during life on the road, Taking Back Sunday wrote and recorded pieces of songs with gear stored on the bus. “It can be damaging to live like this—being away from home,” Mascherino admits. “The space and distance affects us so much it even seeps into the music. I feel like Louder Now is a much darker record than Where You Want to Be, especially on tracks like “Liar (It Takes One to Know One).” The overall tone, mood, and lyrics give you a deeper feeling.” But Lazzara has come to feel more at home on the road. “It’s when I’m home that I start to feel like a stranger in my own skin,” he says, adding “but it’s worth it. Being able to put out records period, is a dream come true. ”
The relentless touring paid off with sold-out arena tours and delirious fan support. Combined, Tell All Your Friends and Where You Want to Be have scanned more than 1.4 million copies and the latter debuted at Number Three on the Billboard Top 200, selling more than 163,000 copies its first week of release in July 2004. It has sold over 700,000 copies to date. Effusive praise in Rolling Stone, Spin, and Entertainment Weekly soon followed, and Taking Back Sunday appeared on the cover of Alternative Press for the third time.
They remained a staple on both MTV and Fuse; and in 2005, the band was tapped to record a theme song for Reed Richards, the lead character for the video game and hit movie Fantastic Four. “Error Operator” appears in the game, on the film’s soundtrack and a revamped version is also on Louder Now.
Determined to get their new album right, “we set out to create something that we considered timeless,” says Mascherino. “We didn’t want something that people would listen to in 10 years and say, ‘That’s from 2006 when all the records sounded like that.’ We wanted people to listen to it in 10 years and say, ‘Hell, yeah, turn that up!’”
3/06

Artist Forum


Discussion Topic	Creator
recomend them? would you recomend this band? Who would you compare them to? (or vise versa) I havnt heard their music but i've heard theyre really good.	shadowbug26

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yes, definitly give them a chance...	izziebitt
cool....is there anyone u would compare them to?	shadowbug26
u CAN compare them to Thursday, or Brand New they don't sound the same but they sing the same type of music. also u can mistake them for each other if u haven't heard very much of n.e of them... basicly, they're all great!	PYroManiaC
Wahey.	Official_Nobody
PYroManiaC is right, u cant really compare them with other bands, but if u havent really heard much of thier stuff, it is easy to mistake them for others. They're a great band, and if u havent already, bive them a chance, u wont regret it.	Pollard88
GIVE* them a chance (my bad)	Pollard88
and that was meant to be u can compare them. im having a bad night at the moment	Pollard88
yes, they are great!!!! Are they going to be at Warped tour this year?? I heard Simple Plan broke up!!! If that's true then that leaves a spot open!!	blankpages0
SP havent broken up. They're realeasing a new album somethime this year, I think there is more info on there website. Check that out, it will tell you more.	Pollard88
i've heard one of TBS song's..last summer..it sounds good so hopegfully i'll get there album in the summer..	Fredscarecrow
I DONT LIKE THEM	WESTSIDE
Westside..theres a capital locks button on your computer. use it please.	Fredscarecrow
or u can compare them to finch and the used	i_heart_emo_boys187
sp r gonna b on this years wt!!!!!!! so is tbs!!!!!!!!!! i get to see sp in about a month!!!!! i get to see tbs in 17 days!!!!!!!!	i_heart_emo_boys187
i wouldnt compare taking back sunday to the used in a million years!!! taking back sunday kinda blows becca....in my opinion.	Adicktid2SP18
awww!!!:(	i_heart_emo_boys187
TBS are a brilliant band, very talented and great live too! I'd definately give them a chance..	benjisbabe
Taking Back Sunday is a kick a** band. I also really like their song, "You're so last summer" it's awsome!! I like the lead singers hair. he looks hot like that in the vidio.	SOTYfreak13
i used to think he was hot before i saw them live in manchester, scary hair cut!!!!!!!!! :-(	benjisbabe
scary hair cut? it'll grow out. lol. but Taking Back Sunday, one amazing band, they're incredible live, adam is full of energy, and songs like "cute without the e" give you something to mosh about	lindz_e80110
i saw him performing just on monday...and he still had his long locks...wot are u talking about...weird haircut?	i_heart_emo_boys187
Not weird as in strange, but just messy.... loved his hair how he had it in "You're so last summer" Gorgeous like Matt Davies' hair! (FFAF)	benjisbabe
They are a really good band. I like them alot more than Thursday. Ol' dude from Thursday's voice kinda get's on my nerves. Although, I still enjoy them.	modesteekrocknRals
yeah totally, id would pick tbs over thrusday anyday....tbs just has that "special" something....	lindz_e80110
TBS and Thursday, they are both great. I don't think either one of them is good or bad when it comes to this level both of them are great.	hayato0001
wut up people, i'm a rapper and if u got time, check this out www.purevolume.com/2hkillaz and holla back.	2hkillaz
TBS is too typical. Every emo band on the planet sounds like them.	Jaynizzle
you can easily compare this band to The Used, but i think TBS is better	usualsuspect
TBS is definitely the best.. I would compare them to Thursday but its hard to say who is better i love them both.	pinkertonbabi
umm sp sux, i used to like them but they freaking backed out of WT '04..don't say TBS sounds like any other emo band cuz they have a freakin unique sound, not to mention they rock live. In a way u can try to compare them to the used in the cool lyrics kinda way but tbs is truly kickass and u can't really compare them to anyone.	Sucka4acoustic
I agree with jaynizzle. they sound exactly what everyother wannabe emo band sounds like. I used to love them, you can totally see that in some other posts I had but they sold out and I bet everyone of you here heard them around the time "Your so last summer" came out. Anyway, I agree with jaynizzle. The only reason you all don't think they don't sound like any other bands is because adam has a different voice that doesn't sound like other people's voices but get a different voice for him and their all the same. And they suck live. I saw them, not at warped tour where your so excited you think anyone is good. They sucked. The sound was crappy, Adam missed over half of his cues because he kept swinging the friggin mike (I don't have a problem with it as long as it doesn't get in the way of their overall sound), and Adam seemed pretty cocky. They were pretty bad live. I can't stand them out, Adam is deifnitly cocky, they definitly really want to be "emo", and they definitly sold out.	OnToMorningStars
Now, not out.	OnToMorningStars
TBS sounds like every emo band actually.. they arent anything special, i like them and think that they are a kickass band, but, no, they arent uniqe, and the only song ive ever heard them play live was "A Decade Under The Influence"... and they sucked ass..	greendayidiot
don't say their kickass if ur gonna diss em', ur only contradicting urself.. i don't know of any emo bands that sound like them, so if u say that, back it up please.	Sucka4AcouStiC
Dude, You can like a band even if you don't think their good live. And, you can like them if you think they sound like a lot of other bands. How many people like good charlotte and simple plan and they sound almost the same. Its the same thing here too.	OnToMorningStars
it just didn't make sense to me that someone would say ohH this band is kickass, and then say ohh they suck so much live. though i understand how u can like a band but not enjoy one of their live performances(that happened to me w/Thursday), just if u think they sound like any other band out there then maybe ur not a fan. Like u said, gc and sp might sound alike(to me they don't but i don't like them that much neway for backing out on WT)but some people still like them. in other words, i half agree with you.	Sucka4AcouStiC
IM GOING TO SEE TBS TWICE!!!!!!! WOOO OCT 22ND AND 23RD!	i_heart_Emo_boys187
Oh how pointless, they play a venue twice in a row so DIFFERENT people can see them play.	OnToMorningStars
i would most definetly reccomend them...tbs is amazing	xXrazor_bladeXx
they're good...not great...but good	BLASTT
I saw them on the warped tour 10 year thing and TBS didnt do very good. the used kicked ass though.	CarvedPride_SOTY
i agree with blastt shocker	i_heart_emo_boys187
the used kick ass, i saw them friday night (14th jan) in manchester, uk... going to see TBS Jan 27th in Liverpool, UK	benjisbabe
i love TBS soo damn much but the first time i saw them live i didnt think they played as good as they could...i seen them with MCR and The Used and i dont think TBS played newhere near as good as the other two...even tho TBS is my fave of the 3 but they still kick ass and i love them mucho	simpleplanlover13
They are awesome, you could kinda compare them to Hawthorne Heights or maybe blink 182, they are Punk mostly, there are becomeing more popular!	no-name
i dont think theyre anything like blink 182	rach_luvs_simpleplan
I would have loved to see them play with MCR, im sein MCR in a couple of weeks, but TBS as well, thats out of this world!	fatally_yours
i agree they dont sound nothin like blink 182 i dont kno who to compare them to	theusedslave
they're kind of element all in their own, a different combination, with gorgeous lyrics... just listen to Your So Last Summer and you'll want more	Mandelin
think Hawthorne Heights without all the screeching	Mandelin
you think they sound like hawthorne heights i won't have guess them but you could be right. i'll have to listen the albums again:)	fairiekisses
i recommend them only to someone who is deserving of their divine greatness...not some dumb bimbo who saw them on mtv and thought it was the "cool" thing to do...they are unlike any other band i've ever listened to and they are also the best band i've ever listened to...so if you are one of those people, then i beg that you do not ruin them any more than the current brainwashed teen population has already done. ....thanks	tbsbandaid
oh and to...onto morning stars and jaynizzle...y'all are both retarded, tbs is amazing and if you can't realise that...then you should jump off a bridge...sucka4acoustic knows her shit...tbs is great and simple plan is fucking lame...i hope anyone who compared tbs to them gets seriously injured for being so ridiculous	tbsbandaid
fuckk yeahhh	amyhuddd
fuckk yeahhh	amyhuddd
I wouldn't really compare this band to anybody but just know that they're more or less and acoustic alternative band. Best kind there is out there if you ask me. I would definately recommend this band to anybody. I've done so with many of my friends and they've all fallen in love with their music.	13threligion_chic
they have a song on the Best of taste of chaos 2 cd that just came out last week. If you're thinking about getting into TBS, i would definatly recommend this cd. it has tbs, senses fail, thursday, zao, halifax, bullet for my valentine, bleed the dream, and like 20 other bands on it!	StephSpinn
saw them live itwas fucken hot love them definite recommendation	dizzieliz182
i love taking back sunday... and if you dont like it kiss my a** hehe just kidding...anyways if you never...listen to their music your crazy...hehe	Brandi6969
they are fucking awesome... i wouldnt know who to compare them too... there isnt anyone i could compare them too...	jettster13