BOYS LIKE GIRLS - SUNDAY AT FOXWOODS (October 20, 2023) • Page 8

As a credit nerd, it's fun to see Sam Hollander, who co-wrote their first two albums, back on a couple songs here.

 

makes sense with STORY OF A LIFETIME

 

Really loving Hourglass

 

It'd be great if I had the vinyl for this to have on the turntable all weekend.

 

The Outside, New Love, Miracle, and Story Of a Lifetime are all so good... can't wait til this vinyl arrives 5ish months from now

 

I really wish I liked this more so far. Singles are ok, New Love and Miracle are by far the best part of the album, and I couldn’t get into the second half whatsoever

 

I liked “brooklyn”, the chorus specifically…but mostly I agree

 

Are you kidding me!!! This is incredible. So much nostalgia. I remember buying the debut on CD when I was 11. Can’t believe they ripped this hard 17 years later.

 

I can't imagine any BLG fan not loving Story of a Lifetime

 

They ate with this album. Absolute triumph.

 

Very pleasantly surprised at this album, as the singles took a long time to warm up to me, but this is great. Only tracks I'm not feeling are New Love and Hourglass, they just felt a bit generic. Definitely my favorite since the debut, by a large margin.

 

Live stream Monday from Philly: https://veeps.com/boyslikegirls/579...e=Bandsintown&utm_medium=affiliate&ircid=4272

 

Aw man this is awesome. I was so bummed to be missing the philly show because I'm out of town. Can't wait to see the new songs

 

Genuinely curious how these songs translate live. That said The Night Game were fantastic live so I have 0 doubts

 

I have given this a full listen and am seriously impressed. I absolutely love Physical straight away, and New Love too.

After the initial listen, I think that The Outside is the only song that sounds like it could fit in to an older BLG record, but curious to know if anyone else thinks otherwise

 

Story of a lifetime ;)

 

Yeah I don't really see this as a BLG release, it's The Night Game through and through, with interludes and everything. The Outside is the closest we get to BLG territory, and that's just because of the palm muted verses and a little more pop-punk like chorus.

 

I can tell you that as someone who doesn't enjoy The Night Game that there's enough BLG energy here, that sort of carefree powerpop, to make me like it. But The Outside is definitely the closest thing to the debut.

 

STORY. OF. A. LIFETIME.

Should be the next single - huge song and the most BLG song here imo

 

The Outside feels more like the evolution of something from Love Drunk than anything on the debut. I think overall I can hear why its a Boys Like Girls album though although it's clearly got a lot of that Night Game sound as that's how his song writing has evolved.

 

Yeah this is pretty much a Night Game album. Miracle is a straight up banger.

 

Liking this more and more with every listen. Brooklyn State of Mind is my new fave, what a chorus!

 

I can not get enough of this album. It still keeps getting better and better with every listen. It really comes to life on my studio monitors at the home office.
Story of a lifetime is definitely more BLG than I initially realized.

 

Their show on Friday was super awesome. It was packed. 5 bands on one bill in 2023 is absolutely wild though.

 

Is the album about the casino lol