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My older brother's hair start thinning in high school. Mine has gotten worse of the past year or so. But I don't really care. It's just hair.

That's a good attitude. I don't think it matters at all if a guy is bald. Looks are nothing. That's not what makes a person who they are.

You're all about the money! i kid, i kid.

Haha, no way! I don't care about looks or money. Really. I just care about what kind of person a guy is, values, personality, stuff like that. Judging from what most people seem to care about, that makes me weird. I like that!

I'm all about thunder thighs

Shannon's right, embrace the baldness!

Also hi peeps! What's goin' on?

Mr.Grieves wrote:

I'm all about thunder thighs

You have just entered a whole new level of weird.

Hey Shelby! I am having very strange conversations with Marc and Laurence tonight. I don't know what I'm doing to attract this kind of attention... How are you?

When are conversations with me not strange?

Good point! Spam is a strange place all around, so you fit right in. The weirdness that has gone on in this thread...

Hahaha I'm never surprised to find strange conversations in Spam! It's always entertaining to read back a few pages.

I'm good thanks! Just listened to all the previews that are out so far, together. I'm so weak, but it's okay since it's close!

I still haven't listened to any of them...and it's driving me INSANE! I want to so bad, but I just can't. Which one sounds the most amazing? (Make sure you keep spoilers in a spoiler tag thing though for people who don't want to see. )

I'm just going to wait for the album to come out. I bet it's going to rock my socks.

I really believe it's going to be the most amazing album ever. I mean, just reading the lyrics has made me cry...more than once! Brian gets it. He just gets it.

Ahh I won't say why as to not spoil, but if I include the previews I heard in the making of as well then I'm sticking with Handwritten, but I think Mae might be in second place but it's close.

Handwritten feels very personal to me (from the making of video and the lyrics) because I'm a writer. I think Too Much Blood is going to be the one to give me chills every single time though. Those lyrics...they're kind of like a punch in the face, just so honest and relatable to me. And I've wanted to hear Mae so badly ever since Brian said it was one of his favorite songs that he's written. It's gotta be good then, right?

Too Much Blood is totally gonna give me chills. I think it just stood out less because I've heard the clip at least 50 times now. The preview on youtube is the same as in the making of except it leaves out the intro i think which just makes it even better. Handwritten hit me because usually I can relate to the songs as they are a part of my life, like one aspect but this one feels like it's going to be the story of my life.

That's how I feel about Too Much Blood, like the whole song is about me and my life. Actually, I feel that way about Handwritten too, but there's just something about Too Much Blood that takes my breath away. There is something in every single song that feels extremely personal to me. Every single one. I can't even describe how much that affects me. I'm going to be a mess when the album finally arrives and I can listen to it, start to finish.

I know it's crazy! I feel like sometimes I can't even explain why certain songs connect with me. They just do. Sometimes it's the feeling behind the song even when the lyrics don't match my life. Or it'll be that and there will be one line that I'm like "yes, that's exactly it".

Yep, me too! On some level, I connect with single TGA/THC song. I have never had that experience with any other band's/artist's music before. It's kind of surreal. I was afraid that I wouldn't connect to these songs as much, but when I heard 45 and then saw the making of video, all my worries were gone. Handwritten has the potential to be the best album ever!

You watched the making of video? Did you do that originally or is that something new? Idk why I thought you held off on it, haha.

I'm trying soooo hard to bring my expectations down though because I have a bad habit of sending them through the roof where no mortal man could possible reach. I don't want to be even mildly disappointed (although I doubt I will be) because I expected something impossible.

I couldn't watch the video at first because I don't have Facebook, but when it was put up on the rock and roll mojo blog, I couldn't resist. I have probably watched it 50 times like you, but I'm trying to hold off now since the release is so close.

I get super excited about things like a little kid waiting to open presents or something, and I was afraid that I was also setting the bar too high with my expectations for this record, but after seeing the video and reading the lyrics (which are basically just poems to me at this point), I just know that there's no way I'm going to be disappointed. I really think this is going to pass up AS for me, and I never thought any album would be able to do that. I think Handwritten is coming out at a point where I can really relate to Brian's words, and this is going to be another soundtrack to my life.

I hope my head explodes when I listen to it.

Only a few more days before Interpunk "accidentally" ships Handwritten a few days early.

Shannon, I agree completely. I don't understand how someone living in another town, in another state, who is male, and about ten years older than me, has managed to write songs that connect with me on such a personal level. Haha it's almost frustrating because I wanna be like "hey, Brian Fallon, you get all this stuff and you like know my life, I wanna talk to you about life and people and stuff not just some 'hi, you're amazing, thanks for the music' conversation!" Haha.

How much is posted in the way of lyrics? Just what people have gotten from the amazon clips and the making of?

I was all determined like "I'm not gonna listen to any TGA from now till the record comes out" so i didn't listen to any SoS, SATQ, T59S, or AS. Instead I went all nuts on 45, Biloxi, Here Comes My Man and the previews! My plan backfired haha.

Marc, your head will definitely explode and your brain might melt. It's going to be incendiary!

Matt, I am so glad I ordered from Interpunk!!! I checked my order status just a little while ago and it said the deluxe CD is expected to be in stock in six days! That is the best news I have had in a long time!