All Distortions Are Intentional
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80
If you're a fan of pop-punk and romance, don't sleep on this album, because All Distortions Are Intentional might be Neck Deep's best work yet.
80
All Distortions Are Intentional ... is a joyous missive that rises like a rocket, lighting up the sky with fresh and unexpected explosions on each track.
73
Neck Deep have tweaked their sound in such a creative way, that you don’t mind. This record is very much a summer breeze triumphantly battering through the coronavirus malaise.
70
The band's first album in three years could be considered their most creative and meaningful exploration piece yet.
60
‘All Distortions Are Intentional’ feels like a sugar rush that wears off quickly. It’s good fun, but nowhere near as deep as they think it is.
Neck Deep, on All Distortions are Intentional, try their damndest to revitalize a dead scene. For those who grew up on acts like Blink 182 in the late 1990's and the early 2000's and even those who saw the scene breathe again in settings like Warped Tour, seeing this new set of songs performed by a new band might be their favorite thing in the music world today.
The issue worth facing is that, perhaps, there was good reason the pop punk realm didn't survive an awful long time, in retrospect. ... read more
Here's the video lol https://youtu.be/L2DwIKg8vL4
EDIT: One more final listen before I finish up my video. It still doesn't have the staying power that I'd want, which is disappointing. In that sense, it is very in one ear and out the other. It grabs my attention while I'm listening, and for about a week or two after it released I couldn't get it out of my head, but now that I've had time to sit on it, this is probably their weakest album to date. Not bad by any means, but it's also not ... read more
This album just confuses me. The hooks are great and there's some interesting musical ideas, but the final sound is just so jarring to me. There seems to be a lack of inspiration in the musical performance and most of the lyrics could work...but there's something about how this album sounds. I don't know if it's just the production or if there's something else to it, but whatever it is, it takes away a lot of the enjoyment I could've had with All Distortions Are Intentional.
El sentimiento de nostalgia que tengo asociado a este álbum supera todo lo demás. Recuerdos de primero de carrera, de tardes quedando para tocar la guitarra y componer canciones que nunca acabarían saliendo a la luz, viviendo el pop punk y muchas más cosas de forma muy bonita. Recuerdo haber conocido a Neck Deep poco tiempo antes de que sacasen ADAI, y la noche que salió mi amigo de aquella época y yo estuvimos esa noche escuchando el álbum a ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Sonderland 3:39 | 78 |
| 2 | Fall 3:34 | 81 |
| 3 | Lowlife 3:09 | 64 |
| 4 | Telling Stories 3:19 | 70 |
| 5 | When You Know 3:09 | 70 |
| 6 | Quarry 1:26 | 59 |
| 7 | Sick Joke 3:47 | 74 |
| 8 | What Took You so Long 3:33 | 66 |
| 9 | Empty House 3:34 | 68 |
| 10 | Little Dove 3:04 | 59 |
| 11 | I Revolve (Around You) 3:38 | 69 |
| 12 | Pushing Daisies 3:43 | 76 |
Total Length: 39 minutes
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Added on: March 4, 2020