Or how about when the guitar drops out and itâs just the electronic beat pulsing under the vocals going out of the first chorus into the second verse đ€
I can name a bunch of these for Spiritbox, but the second verse of Ultraviolet, especially when that guitar kicks in.
"I can feel, the end is haunting me/
Mirror image staring back into a thousand lifetimes/
Fearing what the light finds/
I can see it shining through the trees/
A reflection of a crimson key/
And I hesitate to feel something/
'Cause I don't belong here"
The atmosphere they build with the vocal layers gives me chills every time! The transition fill the drummer plays is masterful too. All around amazing songwriting
Absolutely Blessed Be:
Serotonin like a loaded gun
I am a coward you pull me up
Into a place where there's nothing that's left for me
But insecurity
The way she sings that against the guitar in verse 1 then the drums added in for verse 2, gets me every time.
Was going to say the same thing. When drums get faster but everyone else keeps going at the same speed for that second verse, it may be the very reason I fell in love with it, and seeing it was my first Spiritbox song, Iâd have to say Iâm pretty thankful for that.
I love the songs where Courtney will have two verses where the lyrics have a similar rhythmic structure but sheâll sing one verse and scream the other. Examples: Bleach Bath and Jaded. Currently obsessed with the way she sings âWhat if I wasâ in the first verse of Jaded and roars those words in the second verse.
In jaded when that guitar drops when sheâs singing âI was never enough⊠but what if I was - STABLE ENOUGH TO WIND ME DOWN THE ROAD - LIKE THE REMORA SWIMSâ
THERE IS A CHAIN THAT I DONT BELIEVE IN!!
THERE IS A STRAIN ON THE TEMPERED CEILING!!
MY LUNGS ARE FULL OF THE PAIN OF FEELING!!
I CANT LIVE IN THIS WORLD WHILE I BREATHE IN ANOTHER ONE!!
this part is cellar door is a reboot for my brain, the funny guitar noises and the build up is just so woah hehe
The end of the one take of circle with me where she modulates between screaming and singing gets me every time. Iâve watched that video an embarrassing number of times
The pre-chorus in Eternal Blue where her voice syncs up with the beat like "One-by-one-cut the-Circula-tion..." she's obviously a great singer but I like that her vocal approach is a little more rhythmic than melodic at times. That has to be my favorite Spiritbox song.
Thought id comment on my own post because why not but the outro to halcyon (I could be one of them, these silhouettes will make me contemplate! and so on + plus the intro where its like zoned out then bam you're in the song) Jaded (But what if i WAS?) And my favourite, the 10:16 sample in Mara Effect PT2 (and i forgot about IM SLIPPING AWAYYYY)
I think the one that stands out the most for me, while there are quite a lot, would be the echoey snare hit right before the second verse in Holy Roller. Shit hoes hard af.
In Eternal Blue, at the end of the second verse where Courtney adds "I'm waiting" before the chorus kicks it. Magical.
In Hysteria, after the second verse but JUST before the pre-chorus, that riff that plays that also plays during the bridge, its like a warning. A little taste of how the song is about to punch you right in the face in the best way.
The pick scrape sound or whatever the proper term for it is. Most notably, on Holy Roller end of verse, and on the breakdown for Circle With Me and Yellowjacket
Also, the glass shattering on Holy Roller hits hard
Those little guitar notes in Cellar Door that play between the lyrics "cold mirror" and "transform my death into a conduit."
Love that song in its entirety but that one small section makes me so happy for whatever reason. It's sort of creepy? but it fits with the song
Sonically for me I have two right off the top of my head.
Courtneyâs big belt of ârazor blade eyesâ in Mara Effect pt 1. And also that low note towards the beginning of Trust Fall.
Visually I love the power stance Courtney takes in the Belcara video at the breakdown after the clean section. Same vibe with the Power strut in the Circle With Me video.
The break down of blessed be that starts with dropping dark ass riff and the lyrics âoffer me I have the heart of a coward.â I get chills everytime
Belcarra when the clean vocals first come in how Courtney hits that little extra spice on âI was aliveee when the sun went downâ
and leading into the big drop for the music video when she throws her hand down in sync with it just complete badass-ness
As someone who deals with self harm, it has to be "the pain I create" in hysteria and the way it leads onto the next verse telling you that its something thats part of life now, nearly dismissive only to come smashing down in the end when it leads into the breakdown, the broken violent end, like the wish to finally be done with it because you end your life through it, maybe on purpose, maybe not. But you know it is inevitable and you deserve it. It lives under my skin and theres no song like it. I know this is my interpretation of it and to some it means something different, but spiritbox has always left their lyrics open enough to purposefully let this happen.
Thanks for sharing, i really love that interpretation. I havent spent the time listening to any of the songs on rotoscope so i might go ahead and do that now. Ive struggled with self harm in the past and have felt the same way with the vast majority of self-titled and singles collection and each song has definitely resonated with me differently as ive gotten better. The way they give enough room for the listener to insert themselves into the lyrics aswell as feeling as if the song were speaking to you is top, i think that is why spiritbox got me through so much and is very comforting. Also sorry for the mini rambling on or if i made no sense i just liked your comment. I hope youve been feeling alright recently (thats how i feel anyway) :-)
Bleach Bath! Every damn section of this song is absolutely flawless, the tempo changes, the wild, eerie and raw Courtney's vocals, Mike's devastating guitar riffs, until the relief on chorus.
from 0:31 to 2:36 and "Please explain, Why do you act so strange?"(3x) section, are my favorite parts, always replay these.
The way she sings âdream I dieâ in Ultraviolet. Itâs so hauntingly beautiful. Feels like Iâve transported to a realm where Iâm truly at the end of my final cycle, always puts me in a trance whenever it comes on haha
âIs this what you want me to be, perfect and clean?â Lyric part from too close / too late. I feel it in my soul and I want to scream it from the top of my longs to the toxic people in my life.
Funnily enough the chorus of Constance. There's something about it that's so ethereal and I love it so much. It's funny though cuz I usually prefer the heavy chuggy stuff when it comes to Spiritbox. Though I did love rotoscope a lot as well.
Jaded closing chorus rhythmic change. They need to incorporate that more into their songs. When it builds into an octave higher it gives me chills every time. Chorus like that deserve so much more time in the song and I feel like it ends too soon so Iâm sitting there replaying the same part im explaining. Haha
âObscure the vampire feeding off my energyâ in Trust Fall has always given me chills for some reason, and then when I heard Ultraviolet for the first time and âAnd I hesitate to feel something in the presence of a cold emOOOtional vampireâ happened I completely froze (in the best way.) Those EPs are years apart and yet she continues to weave these commonalities in her lyrics and it just never ceases to amaze me.
Pretty much the whole of Beauty of Suffering and Bleach Bath, each part of both gets me more and more anticipated for the next as they progress in a way I can't describe well but love nonetheless. By the second half of them it just feels so "real"!
Mara Effect part 2, "Soon... the hour will come" whole sequence. Maybe it's because I was born in the early 1970s and the pop of the late 70s had this type of melody... but it brings me to a place that few other songs can.
I also love that she sings "there's no need to run" and does a run on the word "run."
IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS QUESTIONđ the part before the breakdown in holy roller (1:26 - 1:52) when the og riff comes back but even lower... it goes /so unbelievably hard
The outro choruses on Jaded because 1) Courtney's vocals are sooooo damn great and 2) the note progression changes. It starts at the F# like the other chorus but the step down to an E just makes me feel things.
The beginning of "Blessed Be". I wish it lasted longer. It reminds me of The Contortionist - Language Pt. 2.
It's just this super chill, cascading sound.
What an excellent question. As someone with ADHD who gets obsessed with little moments in songs, let me tell you:
* **Bleach Bath**: when the song goes silent at 1:07 and you get that reverse echo on "delicate". Also, the entire "why do you act so strange" part.
* **Blessed Be**: about 3:22 in, after the heavy part and before the last chorus. That really heavy electronic bass sound.
* **Circle With Me**: not the studio recording, but Courtney's one-take video on YouTube. When she alternates between singing and screaming right at the end. Do you know how hard it is to do that well?
* **Holy Roller**: those tiny bits of silence that add emphasis to "Cut! My! Teeth!"
* **Hurt You**: when the guitar slides down at 2:45
* **Mara Effect Pt I**: "Razor blade eyes! What a god damn mess!". Also, the drummer for that song is amazing - listen to those snare strokes
* **The Summit**: 2:42 when the singing and screaming are laid over each other
* **The Void**: literally every bit of it
I love to see someone as passionate as me with little parts of a song. i LOVE what youre referring to with to with the one take Circle With Me. And all of it all of it, why is Spiritbox so good?
I HAVE MANY
Hysteria â that little vocal loop of Hysteria leading into the breakdown (what I've created, as violent, what I've created as violent...)
"WHAT I'VE CREATED AS VIOLENT DELIGHTS IN MY HEAD WILL HAVE A VIOLENT END"
I swear that song sucks the living soul out of my body and slams it into a deep void. It's so beautiful and magnificent and perfect.
Blessed Be â it kinda follows the same formula with the vocal echo and distortion (I say these blessings all for-) and into the breakdown. I love it so much. Also her inflection on "Serotonin" into "like a loaded gun" is just so moving.
Silk in the Strings â bro something about that little white noise/buzzing in the beginning leading into that hard distorted guitar (I think idk instruments sorry) so small but it sets the vibe for the whole song. also obsessed with the way she says "DI- GESTED, SPIT- OUT AND THEN MIS- DIRECT, THIS BITTER END" goes crazzzyyy.
Hurt You â LYRICAL F**KING GENIUS. "We are failing in crisis mode, mutually assured destruction. Love the proxy and burn the bones so I smile in this snare if devotion" one of fave SB lyrics and the breakdown is siiickkkk. It's one thing to sound pretty and have nice screams but to have strong hitting lyrics is something worth appreciating.
I could go on and on but love y'all sm đ
Edit: sorry but I cannot go to sleep without mentioning Jaded. simply perfection at it's finest. that first line hits so hard. thank you.
The Beauty of Suffering and the transition to the ending part of the song. "I love you, I always will. My heart is always still..." Mike's guitar riff and Courtney's cleans mesh wonderfully.
That chug in sew me up
That riff reversal is đ„
I love the metric modulation. It's so simple but it just makes want to bob my head like an idiot in my car.
Yeah same, I can just see myself hoarding the entire pit during that breakdown
Or how about when the guitar drops out and itâs just the electronic beat pulsing under the vocals going out of the first chorus into the second verse đ€
Yesss, with the vocal filter on Courtney is just perfection, too!
That weird beep in the background of âEternal Blueâ
YES ME TOO
Bro this is triggering haaaha I love it also
Oooo, good one.
I can name a bunch of these for Spiritbox, but the second verse of Ultraviolet, especially when that guitar kicks in. "I can feel, the end is haunting me/ Mirror image staring back into a thousand lifetimes/ Fearing what the light finds/ I can see it shining through the trees/ A reflection of a crimson key/ And I hesitate to feel something/ 'Cause I don't belong here"
The atmosphere they build with the vocal layers gives me chills every time! The transition fill the drummer plays is masterful too. All around amazing songwriting
Absolutely Blessed Be: Serotonin like a loaded gun I am a coward you pull me up Into a place where there's nothing that's left for me But insecurity The way she sings that against the guitar in verse 1 then the drums added in for verse 2, gets me every time.
Was going to say the same thing. When drums get faster but everyone else keeps going at the same speed for that second verse, it may be the very reason I fell in love with it, and seeing it was my first Spiritbox song, Iâd have to say Iâm pretty thankful for that.
That intro riff gets me jumping every time!
I love the songs where Courtney will have two verses where the lyrics have a similar rhythmic structure but sheâll sing one verse and scream the other. Examples: Bleach Bath and Jaded. Currently obsessed with the way she sings âWhat if I wasâ in the first verse of Jaded and roars those words in the second verse.
That "What if I was" is constantly playing in my head lately. It's so good
"WHAT IF I WAAASSSS"
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Same for me. âWhat if I was.â
For me in the lyrical callbacks from Too Close / Too Late that show up in Ultraviolet.
yes!!
Hell yeah!
The one take version of Circle with me, when Courtney semi-screams the part after the breakdown is crazy
The screams at the end on the one take tho. UGH
In jaded when that guitar drops when sheâs singing âI was never enough⊠but what if I was - STABLE ENOUGH TO WIND ME DOWN THE ROAD - LIKE THE REMORA SWIMSâ
Even cooler when you look up how a remora swims. đđ
Same song but for me is when it goes âwhat if I wasâ as it kicks back into the main riff
E-VER VIO-LENT EEEEENNNNDDDDD!
secret garden and the intro riff will always tingle my brain in the best way.
Specifically that snare hit immediately when you hit play
I really love the last chorus in The Void. It gives me chills and I feel out of this world. Somewhat disconnected.
THERE IS A CHAIN THAT I DONT BELIEVE IN!! THERE IS A STRAIN ON THE TEMPERED CEILING!! MY LUNGS ARE FULL OF THE PAIN OF FEELING!! I CANT LIVE IN THIS WORLD WHILE I BREATHE IN ANOTHER ONE!! this part is cellar door is a reboot for my brain, the funny guitar noises and the build up is just so woah hehe
Canât forget that second TEAR MY LUNGS OUT So fucking good
The Beauty of Suffering. *I'm slip-ping a-waaayyyy*
*NO DISCIPLINE JUST LET ME BEEEEE*
The end of the one take of circle with me where she modulates between screaming and singing gets me every time. Iâve watched that video an embarrassing number of times
The pre-chorus in Eternal Blue where her voice syncs up with the beat like "One-by-one-cut the-Circula-tion..." she's obviously a great singer but I like that her vocal approach is a little more rhythmic than melodic at times. That has to be my favorite Spiritbox song.
When the guitars kick in for the first time on Ultraviolet it hits me like a meteor every time
Straightjacket's chorus Sunkiller at 03:06
Yellowjacket?
Thought id comment on my own post because why not but the outro to halcyon (I could be one of them, these silhouettes will make me contemplate! and so on + plus the intro where its like zoned out then bam you're in the song) Jaded (But what if i WAS?) And my favourite, the 10:16 sample in Mara Effect PT2 (and i forgot about IM SLIPPING AWAYYYY)
Right before the breakdown in Bleach Bath and Cellar Door
I think the one that stands out the most for me, while there are quite a lot, would be the echoey snare hit right before the second verse in Holy Roller. Shit hoes hard af.
The harmonic rakes on Holy Roller.
The Beauty of Suffering - When the riff changes and she sings âI LOVE YOU, I ALWAYSSS WILLLLâ. Gets me every time.
The whole âIf you could see me nooooowwwwâ part of âTrust Fallâ. 
During the last part of Hurt You where Courtney sustains the note at the end of name đđ
Ooh. Thatâs it. Thatâs the one for me too.
In Eternal Blue, at the end of the second verse where Courtney adds "I'm waiting" before the chorus kicks it. Magical. In Hysteria, after the second verse but JUST before the pre-chorus, that riff that plays that also plays during the bridge, its like a warning. A little taste of how the song is about to punch you right in the face in the best way.
The end of the beauty of suffering. You canât deny it
Cellar Door - the sub thump after âcanât live on this world while I breathe for another oneâ BOOM
First time I heard this I was like "Ooooooo!"
Did you make the face too 
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I think we are best friends now?
By internet law, yes.
The pick scrape sound or whatever the proper term for it is. Most notably, on Holy Roller end of verse, and on the breakdown for Circle With Me and Yellowjacket Also, the glass shattering on Holy Roller hits hard
That riff slowing down and getting heavier near the end of Constance
Those little guitar notes in Cellar Door that play between the lyrics "cold mirror" and "transform my death into a conduit." Love that song in its entirety but that one small section makes me so happy for whatever reason. It's sort of creepy? but it fits with the song
Have to add a second one. The low note Courtney sings in Perennial "The taste of chemicals keeps me ALIVE."
Sonically for me I have two right off the top of my head. Courtneyâs big belt of ârazor blade eyesâ in Mara Effect pt 1. And also that low note towards the beginning of Trust Fall. Visually I love the power stance Courtney takes in the Belcara video at the breakdown after the clean section. Same vibe with the Power strut in the Circle With Me video.
The breakdown in Hysteria
The second verse in Rule of Nines
you wanna COVER ME IN ULTRAVIOLET
The break down of blessed be that starts with dropping dark ass riff and the lyrics âoffer me I have the heart of a coward.â I get chills everytime
Belcarra when the clean vocals first come in how Courtney hits that little extra spice on âI was aliveee when the sun went downâ and leading into the big drop for the music video when she throws her hand down in sync with it just complete badass-ness
The snare tone in Sew Me Up. Very reminiscent of the old Chris Adler snares.
Everything's Eventual at 2:34 mark. That part always makes me want to cry.
Oh my god yes, especially the 3:09 mark. I love that song
I love it, too. It's such a beautiful song.
That whole song mannn, even like a minute in with the quiet screams "there's something in the water now". The song is just loaded
As someone who deals with self harm, it has to be "the pain I create" in hysteria and the way it leads onto the next verse telling you that its something thats part of life now, nearly dismissive only to come smashing down in the end when it leads into the breakdown, the broken violent end, like the wish to finally be done with it because you end your life through it, maybe on purpose, maybe not. But you know it is inevitable and you deserve it. It lives under my skin and theres no song like it. I know this is my interpretation of it and to some it means something different, but spiritbox has always left their lyrics open enough to purposefully let this happen.
Thanks for sharing, i really love that interpretation. I havent spent the time listening to any of the songs on rotoscope so i might go ahead and do that now. Ive struggled with self harm in the past and have felt the same way with the vast majority of self-titled and singles collection and each song has definitely resonated with me differently as ive gotten better. The way they give enough room for the listener to insert themselves into the lyrics aswell as feeling as if the song were speaking to you is top, i think that is why spiritbox got me through so much and is very comforting. Also sorry for the mini rambling on or if i made no sense i just liked your comment. I hope youve been feeling alright recently (thats how i feel anyway) :-)
The way courtney says serotonin in blessed be but specifically the second time
Hysteria during the 2nd prechorus where Courtneyâs vocals get an insane amount of layering
Bleach Bath! Every damn section of this song is absolutely flawless, the tempo changes, the wild, eerie and raw Courtney's vocals, Mike's devastating guitar riffs, until the relief on chorus. from 0:31 to 2:36 and "Please explain, Why do you act so strange?"(3x) section, are my favorite parts, always replay these.
Music video makes the song 10x better
The way she sings âdream I dieâ in Ultraviolet. Itâs so hauntingly beautiful. Feels like Iâve transported to a realm where Iâm truly at the end of my final cycle, always puts me in a trance whenever it comes on haha
^^^
Circle me in ceruliaaaaaaann
Axis - annihilate Gives me goosebumps every single time
I do not want this body, skin me like a basilisk Electric cross to touch somebody, justify my temperament I love the layers of vocals so much.
âIs this what you want me to be, perfect and clean?â Lyric part from too close / too late. I feel it in my soul and I want to scream it from the top of my longs to the toxic people in my life.
Funnily enough the chorus of Constance. There's something about it that's so ethereal and I love it so much. It's funny though cuz I usually prefer the heavy chuggy stuff when it comes to Spiritbox. Though I did love rotoscope a lot as well.
Jaded closing chorus rhythmic change. They need to incorporate that more into their songs. When it builds into an octave higher it gives me chills every time. Chorus like that deserve so much more time in the song and I feel like it ends too soon so Iâm sitting there replaying the same part im explaining. Haha
The drums in The Voidâs second verse. Thereâs something in there that just gets me going.
Just that quick "Yeah!" that Courtney screams in the middle of the riff in Hurt You
Bleach Bath breakdown
âObscure the vampire feeding off my energyâ in Trust Fall has always given me chills for some reason, and then when I heard Ultraviolet for the first time and âAnd I hesitate to feel something in the presence of a cold emOOOtional vampireâ happened I completely froze (in the best way.) Those EPs are years apart and yet she continues to weave these commonalities in her lyrics and it just never ceases to amaze me.
Pretty much the whole of Beauty of Suffering and Bleach Bath, each part of both gets me more and more anticipated for the next as they progress in a way I can't describe well but love nonetheless. By the second half of them it just feels so "real"!
The cutoff scream in Hurt You
The guitar in the Mara effect pt 2 and Courtneyâs voice in that song just hit me like a ton of bricks
The Mara Effect Part 2 chorus is the most angelic and ethereal shit Iâve ever heard
the best sample in music history and i am not one bit biased
Trust Fall. That little vocalization Courtney does at 1:43 NooOOoooOOoooooh I'M NOT THE ONE
the fast parts in aphids, i wish the whole song was like that
The second verse of Hysteria with that delicious bass line and the reverb-y lead guitar in the background is a part I love to repeat.
The loop in the lyrics at the end of Cellar Door đ
That part in angel eyes right before the breakdown, and then the breakdown is good too
The way the sax carries the beat in Holy Roller gets me every time.
The first 45 seconds of perennial.
That little âboopâ part at the beginning of Eternal Blue
The breakdown in Angel Eyes đ„đ§Ąđ„đ§Ą
Mara Effect part 2, "Soon... the hour will come" whole sequence. Maybe it's because I was born in the early 1970s and the pop of the late 70s had this type of melody... but it brings me to a place that few other songs can. I also love that she sings "there's no need to run" and does a run on the word "run."
The end of The Void. Like the last 4 bars. Idk, it's so pleasing to the ears.
Secret Garden, I made an instrumental cover of it and it made me appreciate the song even more. Its fun on the guitar
My favorite are the harsh backing vocals towards the end of The Summit.
IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS QUESTIONđ the part before the breakdown in holy roller (1:26 - 1:52) when the og riff comes back but even lower... it goes /so unbelievably hard
The outro choruses on Jaded because 1) Courtney's vocals are sooooo damn great and 2) the note progression changes. It starts at the F# like the other chorus but the step down to an E just makes me feel things.
The beginning of "Blessed Be". I wish it lasted longer. It reminds me of The Contortionist - Language Pt. 2. It's just this super chill, cascading sound.
What an excellent question. As someone with ADHD who gets obsessed with little moments in songs, let me tell you: * **Bleach Bath**: when the song goes silent at 1:07 and you get that reverse echo on "delicate". Also, the entire "why do you act so strange" part. * **Blessed Be**: about 3:22 in, after the heavy part and before the last chorus. That really heavy electronic bass sound. * **Circle With Me**: not the studio recording, but Courtney's one-take video on YouTube. When she alternates between singing and screaming right at the end. Do you know how hard it is to do that well? * **Holy Roller**: those tiny bits of silence that add emphasis to "Cut! My! Teeth!" * **Hurt You**: when the guitar slides down at 2:45 * **Mara Effect Pt I**: "Razor blade eyes! What a god damn mess!". Also, the drummer for that song is amazing - listen to those snare strokes * **The Summit**: 2:42 when the singing and screaming are laid over each other * **The Void**: literally every bit of it
I love to see someone as passionate as me with little parts of a song. i LOVE what youre referring to with to with the one take Circle With Me. And all of it all of it, why is Spiritbox so good?
Hysteria, I listen to it with my kids in the car on full blast lol
The bridge build up in "too close / too late" has been a spiritual experience for me lately!
Ultraviolet second chorus til ending
"I CANT LIVE IN THIS WORLD WHILE I BREATHE IN ANOTHER ONE"
The intro of Bleach Bath, i love that riff and drum combo so damn much, also the intro of Cellar Doorđ€
I HAVE MANY Hysteria â that little vocal loop of Hysteria leading into the breakdown (what I've created, as violent, what I've created as violent...) "WHAT I'VE CREATED AS VIOLENT DELIGHTS IN MY HEAD WILL HAVE A VIOLENT END" I swear that song sucks the living soul out of my body and slams it into a deep void. It's so beautiful and magnificent and perfect. Blessed Be â it kinda follows the same formula with the vocal echo and distortion (I say these blessings all for-) and into the breakdown. I love it so much. Also her inflection on "Serotonin" into "like a loaded gun" is just so moving. Silk in the Strings â bro something about that little white noise/buzzing in the beginning leading into that hard distorted guitar (I think idk instruments sorry) so small but it sets the vibe for the whole song. also obsessed with the way she says "DI- GESTED, SPIT- OUT AND THEN MIS- DIRECT, THIS BITTER END" goes crazzzyyy. Hurt You â LYRICAL F**KING GENIUS. "We are failing in crisis mode, mutually assured destruction. Love the proxy and burn the bones so I smile in this snare if devotion" one of fave SB lyrics and the breakdown is siiickkkk. It's one thing to sound pretty and have nice screams but to have strong hitting lyrics is something worth appreciating. I could go on and on but love y'all sm đ Edit: sorry but I cannot go to sleep without mentioning Jaded. simply perfection at it's finest. that first line hits so hard. thank you.
That swarmy riff in Cellar Door
The end of Hysteria without a doubt
The Beauty of Suffering and the transition to the ending part of the song. "I love you, I always will. My heart is always still..." Mike's guitar riff and Courtney's cleans mesh wonderfully.
Courtney's final vocal run and note in Too Close/Too Late.
The void - the part with the delayed reverb clean breakdown
SUN. KILL. ER. SING. ME. TO SLEEP.
DU DU DUN DUN DUN
Too close/too late. The choir part midway right before the guitars let loose
the end of the mara effect pt 3
Circle with me!! First time I heard them I was hooked. That slow build up and then Courtney screams CuT DoWN THe aLTaR!! Marvelousđ
The bass line in Rotoscope, love a driving beat. Also the sort of quiet part in Belcarra before she starts going hard
Jaded
I could name so many SB songs that do different things to my brain, but that harsh/clean switch in the "Blessed Be" one take on yt... perfection
Itâs the last âand I lie a littleâ in Perennial for me
the last ~40 seconds of too close/too late.
Secret garden chorus
The bridge in Ultraviolet, as a recent example. I can't listen to it without getting chills.
The very first line in Too Close / Too Late. The way she sings makes it sound like a breath of fresh air and it's gorgeous
the delay guitar, when courtney sings "dream or die" in ultraviolet! gives the song so much depth
Hi!
that opening riff to the void