Vessel
by Twenty One Pilots

This is one of top five albums of all time. The music is fantastic by both Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun. But I love Tyler's lyrics in this album. He talks about depression and suicide in most of his songs but he'll also sing about love and passion for another too. I know TOP has blown onto the music scene today and are one of the biggest bands today but , they are not like pop artists because pop artists don't sing about depressing, sad topics and they have songs that sound all the same. TOP on the other hand doesn't do that. They're a mix of so many genres they shouldn't even be classified as 'pop artists'. Lastly, Blurryface was ruined for me bc of how overplayed most of the songs got, this album still has its intensity after each listen and i find something new about this one with each listen. Every listener will have at least one song they will like on this album so please give it a listen. (Edited)

I'm upset they removed "slowtown" from "regional at best" in remaking it to become "vessel" but the album is still high quality. good work from an upcoming band

This album definitely has some strong hooks and interesting textural ideas.

Compared to a lot of synth-ridden pop, it's fairly minimal--the lyricism and drums are the foundation here, which is refreshingly different.

The lyrical honesty/heart-on-sleeve mentality is certainly relatable to younger listeners.

From teague TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/14/2020 17:51 | #255574 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

I have a friend who has been incessantly recommending this band to me for years, since this came out actually. And now I have finally caved. There's some interesting ideas in their songs, but they're all structured identically, bordering on being generic pop. Vessel starts off strong with the one-two punch of Ode to Sleep followed by Holding on to You, but immediately tapers off in quality with Migraine. Not only do most of the songs sound the same, most of the performances are less than inspired. There's an occasional great moment from the drummer (Guns for Hands) and a substantially rarer great moment from the vocalist. The rapping reminds me of my least favorite rapper ever, Eminem. Not just because he's white, the way he enunciates and also the way the lyrics are written.
I will say the lyrics are very emotionally vulnerable and for the most part very well written. I also don't understand why there's yelling every once in a while. It's never, ever, ever warranted. Never. They're not in any way Black Flag, they're more akin to Taylor Swift. The mixing and producing are nothing special, at least it never sounds awful. Overall though, I don't think this album is as bad as some people say, and it's not as good as some people say. It's right in the middle at pretty alright.

From benpaco 03/30/2014 03:30 | #108079 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

Huh, it's like a Hip Hop - infused version of Too Weird To Live, To Rare To Die!, with much darker undertones. Me likey.