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this album is the reason i got into twenty one pilots. i remember seeing the nico and the niners mv on the tv one day, and josh and tyler do their handshake, and the whole narrative of the mv just drew me into their lore. personally, don't think you can piece out twenty one pilots' music from their lore, but even if you did, this album would still be as brilliant as it is with the lore in context.

the lyrics are amazing. the beats, the sound, it's like something i've never ... read more

they do a great job mixing shoegaze with alt rock and post hardcore music. all three of these are genres i'm quite heavily invested in, simply because i enjoy them more than other genres and also have listened to a lot of such music. listening to it felt familiar and new at the same time. the use of distortion does a lot. they've balanced the heavy screamy stuff alongside the shoegazy distortion, layered it so well.
yeah, really good stuff. i kinda wish it was more experimental and ... read more