Baseball...deserves to be heard

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This week I'm doing this blog in a slightly different way.  I decided to do it on an album entitled "Baseball:  An Album by Sayanything".  This album is by the band Say Anything which many of you may know.  However, I would guess that you have not heard of Baseball.  This is because Baseball is a very old album of theirs.  It was released in 2001 at a time when the band went by the name of Sayanything rather than Say Anything.  Most people know Say Anything by their album "...Is a Real Boy."  This album contained hits like "Alive with the Glory of Love" and "Wow, I Can Get Sexual Too."  Both of these songs helped to gain popularity for Say Anything.

Back to the real reason I'm talking about Say Anything.  While I do enjoy Say Anything's more current releases and I am looking forward to their upcoming album "Anarchy, My Dear", I find myself going back to Baseball every time I want to hear some Say Anything.  The reason for this is that, in my mind, Baseball is by far their best album.  However, Baseball is not recognized nearly as much as it should be.  The band did not play any songs off of Baseball for years because .  In 2009, the front man of Say Anything, Max Bemis, released a video of him playing "Colorblind" which is the first track on Baseball.  This was the first time he played a song from Baseball in seven years.  Since then, Say Anything started to play "Colorblind" at live shows.

In 2011, Say Anything signed to Equal Vision Records who regained control over all of Say Anything's releases including Baseball.  Bemis has mentioned a possible reissue of Baseball which I am really hoping for.  If this happens, all of the fans that Say Anything gained following the release of their more recent albums like "...Is a Real Boy."  Once this happens, I will be able to share my love for Baseball with many other fans.

The overall reason that I love Baseball is for the same reason that I love most music.  Passion.  I'd be surprised if I don't mention passion in just one of these blog posts.  It is just the most important thing when it comes to music or performing of any kind for that matter.  Bemis' raw vocals sound amazing.  The album details some of the struggles one may go through at a young age.  Bemis wrote the songs when he was still in high school.  The pure talent of this band is emphasized through this album in that they didn't need maturity in writing lyrics or playing music.  Their current music obviously sounds much more produced and clean.  Nevertheless, Baseball has been and always will be favorite of their records.