When AJR announced this album, I was bouncing off the wall. When it came out, it was all I listened to for the rest of the year. And now, as I'm reviewing this, it's after I realized...I love this album, but it's a bit of a plateau from Neotheater.

I'll get to that in a bit, but first: the positives.

OK Overture is their best overture to date, as it does more than just put a bunch of songs in one. It makes something more fresh and new and unique compared to their previous ... read more

AJR's third studio album has got to be one of their most confident, artistic, and engaging projects to date. I can't tell you a single song I truly disliked on this album. The lyricism is more thought-out, the production is even MORE addictive, and the story of these songs pulled me in. The close-harmony choir and orchestration that pops up in almost every track adds to the Disney-like coming-of-age tale that is indirectly spun with this order of tracks. And that is the reason why I ... read more

Well, well, well. Here's the album that seems to have really started it all for AJR. And the album that made me a fan in 2018. But, it's been seven years, and bigger and better stuff has come out from the band. Still, why don't we look back on this album?

I don't hate it. I definitely have songs here that I still come back to daily since 2018. Tracks like Sober Up (which was the first ever song I heard from the band), Turning Out, and Drama (to name a few, there are a ... read more

Like, I'm a die-hard AJR fan, and I know how polarizing they can be. But after everything that came after this album, coming back to it feels like I'm calling a cardboard box a house. I get it. It's their first commercial album. They were still figuring their style out. But WHY WOULD YOU MAKE A SONG ABOUT HOW YOU FEEL LIKE WOODY ALLEN. Maybe it's a case of spoiled milk, but I can't say the same about Thirsty. Thirsty would be an average passable party song without that ... read more