conversely, bands you initially very much disliked, but now love

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and again, specifically where it just took a while to ‘get it’, not just coz a new album was more to your tastes.

Eels were def one for me. And the weakerthans

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Bands/artists that you went off (or maybe disliked at first) but now really like

Just to balance it out! For me: Bright Eyes. Enjoyed Lifted… and I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning, then kind-of went off him / couldn’t be arsed. Forgot about him for ages and then got into the Better Oblivion Community Center record, which was one of my most-listened-to albums last year (even though it came out before then). And I picked up one of the 10 billion unsold copies of his new album off 365games and quite like that too. I’m sure there are others. WBU?

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oh. OKAY EVERYONE OUT THE THREAD