WilliamClub Host
I feel like it is definitely a constant through the album, but its not so over bearing that it doesn't let the album go to different places
JanglesAdmin
@William What do you think it represents across the album? I had never heard of a Snipe Hunt before, but I think I see how it could be interpreted as a theme across the songs. Tyler seems to talk a lot about his lessons learned - walking away from drugs, becoming a sing/songwriter, even reading about eastern religions. I kind of took the snipe hunt as the thread between all of that. He's learning through living.
WilliamClub Host
@Jangles so a sniper hunt is a old tale that people used to tell there kids, there is no sniper its a fictional creature, there really is not a even like set look for it, he is hunting for something that doesn't exist, and I feel this plays out more in the context less lyrically because its there but more so music, on this album he toys with his past and his past sound but he never commits to it, because the old him no longer exists his past sound is the snipe.
JanglesAdmin
@William That's such a cool interpretation. He definitely spent a chunk of the album coming to terms with where he was versus where he is today. That's actually a theme I've heard a lot in recent listens from artists that have become stars in their genre. J Cole and Noah Kahan, specifically.
WilliamClub Host
@Jangles there is a great review for this album by a youtube music reviewer names spectrum pulse and kinda delves deeper into those ideas