Full-Album Reaction Poll: September 2025
Added 2025-08-15 15:36:51 +0000 UTCIt's time for a special edition poll featuring five albums from Mixtape, Vol 3. and five albums from Mixtape, Vol. 4! Both episodes were such a blast, presented SO much intriguing variety, and allowed me to hear songs that may never be voted in otherwise.
I'm pretty curious how this poll will play out...let's mix it up this month, shall we?!
This poll will be open through Friday, August 22nd, and the winning album's episode will be posted on Monday, September 1st!
*Please remember that I'm only considering albums that contain songs I've already covered on YouTube...or, well, on a mixtape! Requests have closed for this month, but will reopen on September 10th, 2025.
Comments
Ah crap, I also missed this, definitely would have voted for one of the best melodic hardcore albums from Sweden out there Satanic Surfer's 666 Motor Inn , although the follow up, before Tomek on bass left and the music writing suffered after that, the followup Going Nowhere Fast is just as good, same guitar tones and bass tones, same technicality, great songs overall on it too. Those 2 are SS at their peak. I'll just slip something, please consider Venerea (another great swedish melocore band), one of their early mid 2000's albums, their 90's stuff is a bit generic, they were at their best in the '00s, and even in the 2010's, but nobody notices them outside those really into the genre.
Floyd Hill
2025-09-04 14:34:03 +0000 UTCMan, I do not understand the love for Lawrence Arms. Never have.
Aukai Ligairi
2025-08-31 10:02:29 +0000 UTCHmmm I was slightly disappointed in that one. Chris’s songs were better than ever but for the first time I didn’t really dig Brendan’s.
Hobo Bastard
2025-08-27 22:36:27 +0000 UTC“Oh! Calcutta!” is a fantastic record, and is the only one I’m fine with losing to HWM. I think Mark listening on his own would turn into a bonus album episode though. I hope he wouldn’t rob us of that. But I agree it’s insane that on a bass playing channel, we haven’t gotten a full reaction to one of the best in the genre. FFTHG losing to Full Circle earlier this year was frustrating, to say the least. I’m still not over it.
PRDinPDX
2025-08-23 23:15:43 +0000 UTCI'm hoping Mark maybe gives HWM another chance on an album poll, at least. I know he's said he will take matters into his own hands and listen to one if they continue to not win lol. I haven't heard The Lawrence Arms but will be curious to listen along with the reaction. 7 Seconds and Assorted Jelly Beans also would have been cool. Wire (though I think maybe I'd like to see a full reaction to Entertainment as far as post-punk, more) (and Mark reacted to something from that I believe). Not a bad showing by HWM coming in third and a lot higher than almost everything ranked below it--but yeah.
Ray Dweck
2025-08-23 17:45:10 +0000 UTCI stand by what I said and I’m well and fine with “Oh! Calcutta!” winning but it’s flat out ridiculous that we’re 20+ album reviews in and we still haven’t gotten one HWM album, a band that, in terms of songwriting, is leagues above so many others.
PRDinPDX
2025-08-23 12:19:26 +0000 UTCIs that their self titled?
CJ LoBaido
2025-08-20 18:17:51 +0000 UTCThat is it, I am changing my vote to Frenzal which would be my fourth favorite on this list! Sorry Screw 32 and Satanic 😔
Alexandre Morin
2025-08-19 19:59:11 +0000 UTCSatanic Surfers has some great bass work...would be a good one for sure.
Luke Z
2025-08-19 19:06:34 +0000 UTCSmoko, and hi vis for me pls
Aacc
2025-08-19 16:43:20 +0000 UTCWould much rather see a review of the black album from Unwritten Law. Oz Factor is awesome but a little one dimensional.
jclaeys80
2025-08-19 14:41:48 +0000 UTCThere's better Frenzal albums but fuck yeah for Frenzal.
Bryan F
2025-08-19 04:19:12 +0000 UTC7 SECONDS!!!!!!
JONNY
2025-08-19 03:10:28 +0000 UTCCall Me Malcom ❤️❤️❤️
Anders Johansson
2025-08-18 23:14:40 +0000 UTCOh man I hope 666 Motor Inn get It's chance someday soon. Tomek shreds in this album
Fábio Joly
2025-08-18 16:59:05 +0000 UTCi love assorted jelly beans!
Mia
2025-08-18 15:19:58 +0000 UTCMaybe next month. The Better Off Dead reaction is still to come.
Michael Palmes
2025-08-17 19:47:13 +0000 UTCKind of bummed the Pipedown song I got on the first mixtape didn't make the poll. But. It only got 3 votes when I originally requested it lol, so probably for the best Let's go Larry Arms!
Burns
2025-08-16 20:54:55 +0000 UTCHonestly oz factor would be a great album to cover
Jake Ryan
2025-08-16 17:48:00 +0000 UTCI agree. Oh Calcutta! is my favorite record (by any band), but TGSET is a truly unique album to explore (especially with Mark's new approach of reading lyrics beforehand and paying more attention to the conceptual side of things).
Kirill Nauchigin
2025-08-16 10:54:02 +0000 UTCI’d vote for that.
Fuz Fuzlington
2025-08-16 08:07:17 +0000 UTCLawrence arms songs are good on their own but but when grouped together in an album and all the themes come together, they become a magnum force. That’s why just listening to a song, here and there won’t do them as much justice. Oh Calcutta ftw!
Hobo Bastard
2025-08-16 04:33:53 +0000 UTCWhen do we get some Primus for a full album review?
uncle patsy
2025-08-16 03:10:33 +0000 UTCWire would be my 2nd choice.
Matt Gerken
2025-08-16 02:35:29 +0000 UTCIn a perfect world, 7 Seconds would win.
Matt Gerken
2025-08-16 02:15:51 +0000 UTCFrenzal knows why dinosaurs became extinct…
Fuz Fuzlington
2025-08-15 23:44:58 +0000 UTCI think it’s forgotten how unique Frenzal’s sound was on their first record, Coughing Up a Storm. It was still before punk became homogenised; made by stoners in Sydney listening to Screeching Weasel, Bad Religion, Slayer and RHCP. I don’t think anyone sounded anything like them. And their writing was great from the get go. I remember the first time I saw them, they opened with Sick and Tired, I was very young and had never seen anyone play slap bass. It looked bizarre. They were so tight and loud. This was before Not So Tough Now. For the record, I think Smoko is also one of their best records; so not just “when my back is wasn’t sore!”
Jon Person
2025-08-15 22:36:24 +0000 UTCGo Frenzal Go!
Nina Daggett
2025-08-15 22:25:26 +0000 UTCCrush it Larry. That said, Skeleton Coast is easily their best record. It is just so consistent, both writers are on fire, and it has the best production. Bizarrely they released it mid COVID and essentially stopped touring. A mic drop.
Jon Person
2025-08-15 22:24:36 +0000 UTCHappy Lawrence Arms is winning. One of my favourite bands - Apathy and Exhaustion on, I can basically listen to their whole discography on shuffle
Peter Del Villano
2025-08-15 22:14:02 +0000 UTCA bit heavy on the pop-punk, isn't it?
Jonathon
2025-08-15 22:06:58 +0000 UTCIt’s my favorite one
Aacc
2025-08-15 22:03:50 +0000 UTCThey are good!
Aacc
2025-08-15 22:00:32 +0000 UTCNot my fav album by them though. I would love exister
Aacc
2025-08-15 21:56:45 +0000 UTCCome on people, he said its time for him to do a HWM album. This is the time!!
Alejandro Carrillo
2025-08-15 21:29:52 +0000 UTC♨️💧🎵
Ray Dweck
2025-08-15 20:37:32 +0000 UTCWe need ranked choice voting. Lol
Tomas
2025-08-15 20:37:16 +0000 UTCGambling is a curse, but it can be fu-un, especially when it's Frenzal racing at 100:1 GO FRENZAL GO! 🐎
Josh
2025-08-15 20:27:25 +0000 UTCAges well eh!!
Alexandre Morin
2025-08-15 20:17:55 +0000 UTCI was really hoping for a 2nd crack at A Wilhelm Scream - Partycrasher. I love TLA and oh Calcutta is awesome but is it a standout album for amazing bass? We might just find out!
Mac Thompson
2025-08-15 19:57:40 +0000 UTCA hidden gem. Basswise its the best one here
Ivan ignacio Larenas lolas
2025-08-15 19:50:49 +0000 UTC666 masterpiece
Deen
2025-08-15 19:46:27 +0000 UTCI know Unwritten Law's not going to make it, but I have a soft spot for it as it's got the second song I ever taught myself on guitar by ear, "Falling Down" (the first is Pennywise's "Bro Hymn"). Everything else I'd learned before then somebody taught me or I looked up tabs on the internet (which was a lot harder in the late 1990s).
Gamer's Tavern
2025-08-15 19:12:55 +0000 UTCI like this idea but gotta admit I really thought we were going to have Stranger than Fiction on this month’s poll. That’s my favorite BR album 😢
Mariana
2025-08-15 18:58:59 +0000 UTC7 Seconds is old school 👍🏻💪🏻👍🏻💪🏻
Greg Cialini
2025-08-15 18:40:10 +0000 UTCI voted 7 Seconds
Joe
2025-08-15 18:31:35 +0000 UTCScrew 32 making the poll is cool. I assume Mark dug that more then he let on in the video?
Joe
2025-08-15 18:31:23 +0000 UTCThis is the first ever poll fully equipped with albums I’ve never heard before. Gonna have to do some research before I decide
Ceej Luige
2025-08-15 18:19:23 +0000 UTCCome on, Frenzal!!
Mike C.
2025-08-15 18:16:28 +0000 UTCThank God Frenzal Rhomb and The Lawrence Arms were on that mixtape. It looks like The Lawrence Arms will win. I hope Mark hears "You Are Not My Friend" someday, though. I love that song. It's my favourite by Frenzal Rhomb and a favourite of the '90s.
Quote Unquote Sir
2025-08-15 17:36:11 +0000 UTCThis is tough. I haven’t been super stoked at the options lately but this poll is full of albums I love. I wish they could have been spread out over other months so I could have voted for like 4 of these.
DavisDallas
2025-08-15 17:23:43 +0000 UTCI know that it's not likely to happen, but I think that a lot of y'all will enjoy the Call Me Malcolm album, if it wins. Especially Mark. The bass is so much fun!
Justin Paden
2025-08-15 17:23:28 +0000 UTCI think it’s arguably the best record of the 2000s and one of my five favorite records of all time.
Joe Miller
2025-08-15 17:23:06 +0000 UTC"Oh! Calcutta!” is an album that splits people down the middle. Either you think it's the greatest album from The Lawrence Arms, or you don't really enjoy it at all. I am in the latter group. I really hate how harsh it is compared to their other work. (I don't like hardcore punk, so that make sense). However, Brendan Kelly, the bass player of TLA, ranks "Oh! Calcutta!” as their best album, so there you go! https://www.vice.com/en/article/rank-your-records-the-lawrence-arms-brendan-kelly/
CM
2025-08-15 17:07:39 +0000 UTCTerrible selection
Johnny Carcinogen
2025-08-15 17:00:37 +0000 UTCI love seeing Satanic Surfers getting attention. Have their whole discography on repeat this week
Ed V.
2025-08-15 17:00:08 +0000 UTCMight do the same ultimately!
Alexandre Morin
2025-08-15 16:55:15 +0000 UTCI clicked on four albums before I realized it is not a multichoice question! Tough.
Alexandre Morin
2025-08-15 16:53:34 +0000 UTCI'm going with 7 seconds on this one. Even if it's futile. I really really like that album.
Mihael Dreo
2025-08-15 16:31:47 +0000 UTCMan, tough one.
Aaron M
2025-08-15 16:26:00 +0000 UTCI want frenzal rhomb but totally understand why Lawrence arms is in the lead
Aacc
2025-08-15 16:22:40 +0000 UTCOr Fuel for the Hate Game or No Division. But I'm voting for HWM anyway.
Bill Jago
2025-08-15 16:21:53 +0000 UTCFrenzal! Frenzal! Frenzal!
Chris M
2025-08-15 16:17:47 +0000 UTCVoted Oh Calcutta but man do I wish the option was for The Greatest Story Ever Told. So much more dynamic and varied and a true music nerd album. Hopefully someday!
Carl Williams
2025-08-15 16:17:37 +0000 UTCToo many great choices! Looks like Lawrence Arms is in the lead but I don't know their stuff that well, so I went with frenzal Rhomb who looks like they're in 2nd or 3rd right now. But also would have loved Wire, 7 Seconds, Assorted Jellybeans, Satanic Surfers, Unwritten Law, or Screw 32!
Chris J
2025-08-15 16:11:45 +0000 UTCHear hear! I grew up on Epi/Fat bands too, but I think they are way overrepresented in the polls here. There is so much more to punk for Mark to explore!
Jonathon
2025-08-15 15:56:48 +0000 UTCLawrence Arms 🥵🥵🥵
Adam T. Carlson
2025-08-15 15:54:13 +0000 UTCSolid choices, but I'm really getting burnt out on Epifat bands personally (and probably won't vote for them any time soon). There's so much more variety in punk and it would be nice to get other styles in the rotation
Mors Codefood
2025-08-15 15:52:51 +0000 UTCIt's a good one!
DrippingPuddles
2025-08-15 15:51:26 +0000 UTCDo forever and Counting instead of a flight and a crash.
Chris Rider
2025-08-15 15:49:47 +0000 UTCNo Partycrasher 😓 Lots of great options though. Hoping for Oh! Calcutta! myself
Adam Linder
2025-08-15 15:49:12 +0000 UTCYeah or people can vote for what they want to hear
Bee Kay
2025-08-15 15:48:31 +0000 UTCVoted for Frenzal Rhomb, but Oh! Calcutta! is such a great start to finish album!
Les McLarty
2025-08-15 15:48:08 +0000 UTCIf HWM loses again, it better be to TLA, and I’ll be real real bummed, but also, I get it.
PRDinPDX
2025-08-15 15:47:38 +0000 UTCI know it's got no chance of winning, but I had to vote for 7 Seconds. That one might make my list of top 10 albums.
Dustin Roberts
2025-08-15 15:47:11 +0000 UTCSome strong contenders here but i’m really hoping Frenzal Rhomb gets the vote.
Kirbie B
2025-08-15 15:44:59 +0000 UTCFor the love of all that is good in this world, please consider NOT voting for another Epi/Fat band reaction. It's like watching Mark react to the same band, over and over. You know what would be a great change of pace, instead? Wire - Pink Flag, which is a MONUMENTAL and massively influential album in the history of punk, easily as consequential (perhaps more so) than Never Mind the Bollocks by the Sex Pistols. Wouldn't it be more interesting to hear Mark's detailed analysis of THAT instead of another cookie-cutter pop punk band?
Jonathon
2025-08-15 15:44:15 +0000 UTCIt has to be frenzal this time pals, lets vote!!! Hahaha
Alejandro Ruiz Alvarez
2025-08-15 15:42:13 +0000 UTCOh that just ain’t fair lol. Way too many good choices. Had to go with Frenzal Rhomb this time, tho. I really wanna hear the rest of that album.
CJ LoBaido
2025-08-15 15:41:15 +0000 UTCI havent heard all of these albums but i feel frenzal Rhomb will be the most surprising
Ghettobrown
2025-08-15 15:41:08 +0000 UTCI was almost positive I’d be listening to Partycrasher with you on my birthday
Jeff Harstead
2025-08-15 15:40:03 +0000 UTC
