With a lineup that screams late 2000s, these renditions only manage to retain some substance of Elfman's work. Honestly, you're better off watching the movie on repeat. Happy holidays, people.
Favorite Covers: Doctor Finkelstein/In the Forest, Jack and Sally Montage, Sally's Song, Poor Jack
Least Favorite Cover: Jack's Obsession
Low 4/10
A bit of a step down from their debut LP, but it has its merits.
Favorite Tracks: Atonement, welcome2paradise, system_failure, playing w/ fire, OverIt., Afterthought.wav, the INVISIBLE, wide awake, gAtEkEePeR
Least Favorite Track: N E W H E A V E N
Low 8/10
Hail The Sun rules over themes of complex matters and controlling own worlds with their hardest ever material yet.
10/10
Not too bad at all. Most of these tracks have something that can pique some interest with anyone, whether it be the complex riffs and patterns or the astounding lyricism. Not to mention that I think the singer sounds like Adam Levine if he was actually better and more tolerable.
Favorite Tracks: As We Fall Into Deep Waters, We Slowly Lose Hope for Things to Come, Screen Time Overload, Malfunctioning Parts, Once Clinging to the Reeds, It Found A Different Path, Where the Air Seemed to ... read more
At first, this album is what I could expect pop punk to be, but I eventually realized that there's much more to some works like this, especially when we get new flops in the 2020s.
Favorite Tracks: Things I Can't Change, Playing the Victim, Empty Space, The Glass, All Wrong, Bad Luck, Framework
Least Favorite Track: Stifled
High 7/10