Jaill’s nice-guy indie rock coupled with more than a tinge of despair gives the sad and jilted a batch of stealthy summer jams to call their own.
The result is idiosyncratic pop-rock appealing to geeky outsiders and scene lifers that's perennially in short supply
Traps is definitely worth a listen, but it’s clear that the band can do much better.
There's little to elevate Traps above the merely ordinary, it's all a little too generic, a little too samey.
While Traps’ metaphoric crimes aren’t as extreme as its press, the album runs itself amok with clichés and phrases that try to come off as “smart” or “clever” but generally find themselves coming off as neither.
Super underrated. Has some really memorable jams, especially the latter half of the album.
I don't know what massive crack this little gem fell through - but either we all need to go check it out, or go get our collective ears checked. The hooks are so memorable, there's a lot of fun play within the songwriting and lyricism and a rowdy rawk vibe that makes me want to go kick a longboard down the boulevard while ripping up a photograph of my ex girlfriend. And the year it came out, I'm pretty sure I listened to it nonstop while doing something quite similar to that. Yes its a bit ... read more