Alright, bear with me, this is a long one. I don't know why this was the first time I've ever felt motivated to write a long album review, but I'm glad I did. It helped me make sense of my feelings on this album, and hopefully other people can read what I say here and look on this album maybe a little bit more favorably. It is by no means close to the same level as the original, but it makes sense to me now.
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Has some really good tracks but there are definitely quite a few skips.
Doesn't punch as high as Currents, but still gets awfully close. It's clearly just trying to ride that Synthy Psych Rock that Currents did so well, but I don't think that's a bad thing.
So peak.
I don't love Cause I'm a Man and Yes I'm Changing, but I have no complaints with the rest of the tracks. An album is only as strong as its weakest track, and this album is still very strong.
Only listened to this once so my rating is bound to change.
I didn't love it as much as AFUT, but that's an extremely high bar to judge an album on.
I love how grounded the lyrics are compared to AFUT. A lot of new things to listen to here, and I like most of them.
I didn't expect to love Opus as much as I did, but that's easily the best track on here for me.
I still miss you Isaac.
Bangers. So many bangers.
But it's nothing groundbreaking, just great music.
I don't feel many feelings when I listen to this record, but I do feel happiness.
Me 3 years ago would easily give this album a 100/100, but then I started listening to some fucking masterpieces and now I've put this album in perspective. I love it, but it's just great indie pop/rock, and not much more than that.