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Dark Side of The Silver Spoon is so Boom Boom Room coded

THIS SEEMS SO COMPLICATED, ARE THESE YOUR FRIENDS OR ARE THEY MINE? THEY LOVE HAVING YOU STIR ME UP, UP, AND LEAVE ME BURNING LIKE THE LA FIGHT

every time I see the title of Palaye's new single, The Dark Side of the Silver Spoon, my brain immediately goes "I'M ON THE DARK SIDE OF YOUR ROOOOM WITH THE NOTCHES IN YOUR BEDPOST"

I KEEP FORGETTING AHSKF-

based on that snippet I low-key want to claim Death or Glory but I’m also feeling Mister Devil is gonna be a banger

DEATH OR GLORY IS COMING OUT TOMORROW? WHAT?

I almost forgot to claim my track so here's me popping in reminding yall to if ya haven't already 😁

I'm claiming Hot Mess but Self Loathing Conversation also sounds like one I'm going to LOVE

(Tracklist under cut)

@im-literally-so-dun @maddytheweird @encre-sanguine @ethan-elliott @emogothchildren and literally anyone else I've forgotten because I am currently on the brink of death (or glory?)

MADDY ISTG IF YOUVE ALREADY GOT THE ALBUM SJKSKSKSKSJJSJSJAJSJ jkjk ly

Death Or Glory - Palaye Royale [Reaction]

an interesting listen for sure

1. Death Or Glory — ahh a cancel culture song, okay but the chorus lowkey slaps. Really not a fan of the pronouns line ngl, I do wonder why they put that in considering their fanbase 0-0. I was semi-claiming this song but now I’m un-claiming this song, tho the guitar is fire

2. Hot Mess — definite BBR vibes, it was good but didn’t thrill me

3. Just My Type — now this I have been jamming since it came out, the album ver hits slightly less than the single ver (I think they tone down the drums?) but it’s a banger of a song nonetheless

4. Ache In My Heart — the fact I’m asexual but vibe to this song is funny, I just love the sound of this one

5. For You — okay, a little bit of a sound switch-up, I think this could totally belong on BBR side B, it kinda gives me Mrs Infamous vibes and I adore the musical break at the end

6. Dark Side of the Silver Spoon — I said before and I’ll say again this has major BBR Side A vibes, the instrumentals in this are addicting

7. Showbiz — straight out of the American Satan soundtrack, I find it kinda funny they’re doing an anti-industry song when they’ve always been on Sumerian as Palaye to my knowledge but it’s a great track

8. Mister Devil — immediate Massacre the New American Dream vibes, this was the song I claimed and it does not disappoint

9. Addicted to the Wicked and Twisted — I’m not a huge fan of most of the first verse lyrics being repeated twice in a row but the sound of this one is interesting

10. Self-Loathing Conversation — Palaye goes country?? This guitar line reminds me of another song but I cannot think what. I love the slower vibes of this one though, it makes it stand out in the album as well

11. Been Too Long — idk what it is but I just don’t vibe with this one, I think it just doesn’t have anything that stands out to me

12. Pretty Stranger — I like the build-up towards the chorus, the drums really carry this one, it’s catchy

Overall rating: 7/10

Favourite Single: Dark Side of the Silver Spoon

Favourite Non-Single: Mister Devil

Least favourite track: Been Too Long or Death Or Glory

Album Ranking: probably my least favourite 😭

Comments: the singles really carry this album for me since I think they stand out the most along with Self-Loathing Conversation and Mister Devil. I like that they brought some of the BBR sound back but otherwise a lot of the sound is kinda repetitive and there isn’t as much contrast between verse and chorus which is a personal thing but something I often look for in songs. There are definitely very repeated themes in the lyrics - namely drug use, the dark side of the music industry and messy breakups/relationships. None of these are exactly new to Palaye but it’s hard to really work out the message - it doesn’t feel as cathartic as Fever Dream, it’s not angry like The Bastards. It’s like the feelings are just there and not really dealt with or dived into and with the overall sound being quite the same it almost gives a sense of defeat, that this is the world and their lives and they can’t change it…or maybe I’m reading too much into it