AverageAOTYuser

Peak

This is where I get serious. Because this was my first real introduction to AJR, and during that time I was going through the worst month of my life. I'm not going to say AJR saved my life, because they did not, but they certainly helped me through the year. This album has a special place in my heart.

Right, sound? A big step up from Neotheater. Stripping back a bit more of the sound of Neotheater, OK ORCHESTRA is a much more focused and compelling album with a well defined sound. ... read more

epic

Now we're getting good. I like this album, quite a bit. Continuing from The Living Room (mid) and The Click (ass), Neotheater is a decent album. The boys finally got better from the flu and can sing now, they made it less loud, and they got back their infectious hooks.

Like before I'm focusing on the sonic contents of the album. So? It's good! At least the first half is. They striped back the production and made it less annoying, the instrumentals are very bouncy, the ... read more

Now this, this is truly ass

Hey, remember when I said that The Living Room isn't AJR's worst album? Yeah, that's because The Click exist.

Why you may ask? Well, I can forgive The Living Room because at the end of the day they were just trying to have fun. I don't think the living room was supposed to be a very serious album.

The Click though... I'm pretty sure they thought they were cooking something here. Like they were trying to be serious and sing about serious ... read more

I like AJR #Notsorry

With that being said though, this album isn't great. Right so, The Living Room. Something you should know before hand is that I have quite the tolerance when it comes to "bad" music and that I'm a sound guy first and lyric guy second (with a few exceptions). So that's what I'm going to focus on. How does the album sound?

Half-decent AJR has a knack for making (to me) nice melodies. The opener, Overture, is decent if not a little long. ... read more