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Sooooo, I kinda fuck with this. Guilty pleasure is probably the best way to describe it. I can absolutely see the shallow song writing, cringy themes and 'poserness' of it. But I can help but enjoy myself with each listen. Some songs do straight up suck, ay! most notably. And yeah, Emo Girl is not winning any awards for storytelling. But the songs are catchy and I enjoy MGK's rough and abrasive delivery, the latter i do believe works to his advantage in a punk setting. Born with ... read more

To begin, The Chapeltown Rag is no doubt my number 1 Slipknot song. Not even a competition for me. However, putting that one bias aside, this album is really enjoyable. I love how balls to the wall hard some of the vocals go, Chapeltown, Warranty and H377 are the prime examples of this. This sort of style is when the band is at their best. Linking to that, the clean vocals are slightly hit or miss. They sound amazing on tracks such as Yen, but in other songs such as Dying Song, Heirloom and ... read more

So, rather unexpectedly, this might be one of my favourite pure pop punk albums...ever? My main issue with many purely pop punk albums is that songs can begin to feel slightly samey during a playthrough. But every song on this album has its own distinct identity, and it feels like there is no filler on here, despite the 15 song track list. Viva Las Vegas Nerve, Little Bit and Butterflies are all highlights, and perfectly represent how the band can branch out into different types of pop-punk and ... read more

Despite this album having clearer weaknesses than some of Muse's other works, this might be my favourite album
from them. The highs of Reapers, The Handler, Psycho and Dead Inside outweigh the low points of Revolt and Mercy. The military and rock focus of the album really works for me, so the entire aesthetic and story of the album just clicks. Disregarding the 10 minute 'The Globalist' song, this album is shorter than their previous works, meaning it it very replayable and easy ... read more