Yeah, I don't really hear Taylor on this at all, and I feel like I hear Taylor pretty much everywhere these days.
Yeah the biggest thing I bump on here is the sequencing, especially in the first half. It just feels disjointed. But all of the songs are really well constructed and the band seems to be firing on all cylinders.
I like the last song but it does not sound like a closing track. Nineteen should’ve not been a single and closed the album
Back half of this record is by far the strongest, sequencing and song wise. It’s pretty close to perfect
Julia and The Truth are probably bottom 5 CB songs for me and that just because I love all the other ones even more!
The Truth is easily one of my favourites on the last album and I think Last First Kiss is one of the better songs on here too.
I feel like Tragic, the bridge of Back There Now, and Last First Kiss all have a Taylor vibe (Lover era specifically). Most of it is the lyrics though. These big dramatic moments that make falling in love feel like life or death.
HAIM was the comparison that came to mind for me, but it was as much because one of the songs has a really similar chugging palm mute pattern to The Wire as it was the overall sound
Last First Kiss is a great closer...stadium ready and euphoric in a way a lot of the rest of the record isn't