five seconds flat

Score: 91.93/100.00

Bro. This album?
It’s like a cinematic heartbreak montage with indie guitars and poetry that could bench press your soul. Lizzy didn't come to sing cute. She came to gut you emotionally with precision.

You feel like you're sitting in the passenger seat of her old car, driving through memory lane at midnight, crying under a hoodie.

Now before we break it all down
HUGE SHOUTOUT to the PERFECT 100/100 ALL-STARS
These tracks didn’t just hit... THEY DESTROYED.

“called you again”
Bro. This track is pure emotional desperation. The kind where you know you shouldn’t reach out but you do anyway and she captures that regret in real-time. 100/100 because it’s TOO real.

“all my ghosts”
This is that rare blend of melancholy + bop. She’s singing about past trauma over a beat you could jog to. The lyrics are so smart, but the melody makes you smile through it. That’s art.

“ceilings”
You already KNOW. This song broke TikTok and our souls. It’s the quiet kind of heartbreak that whispers at first and then FLOODS YOU. That final build?? Bro. Literal goosebumps. Legendary.

“chemtrails”
This one’s haunting, cinematic, and perfectly placed as the second-to-last track. It’s like watching a relationship disintegrate from 30,000 feet. Moody, mysterious, and way too accurate.

“orange show speedway”
Bro. This is the credits roll after a movie that WRECKED you. It’s so still, so raw, and somehow feels like the final breath of the album. She’s not even trying to impress you here she’s just telling the truth. And that honesty? Perfect.

HONORABLE MENTIONS (Still heat):

“doomsday” Opens like a sad Broadway show and ends like emotional warfare.

“erase me” That duet?? CHEMISTRY. Pain with vocals on steroids.

“hate to be lame” Bro that bridge?? She said “What if I say I love you” and I almost collapsed.

“nobody likes a secret” Quietly brutal. Feels like finding out your ex moved on and never told you.

Least Valuable Player:

“an ego thing” Not bad, just kinda meh compared to the heaters surrounding it. Definitely benched in this emotional playoffs bracket.

Final Verdict:
91.64/100.00 five seconds flat is an introspective wrecking ball.
Lizzy McAlpine isn’t here for filler. She’s telling real stories, processing heartbreak like a surgical lyricist, and dragging us along for the slow burn.

This album is soft on the outside but DEADLY on the inside. Like hugging a cactus.

If feelings were a sport, this album is winning the championship.

Bro… Lizzy didn’t miss on those perfect-score tracks. Not even close. They’re staying in the Hall of Fame.

— dash