I consider Would You Miss It? to be one of the best pop punk records of the last 10+ years so following up on that record properly was a tall order and unfortunately.. I don’t think they did it. I like a few tracks like It Happens to the Best of Us, What I’m Worth, Pace and Loiter, and Irreversible (even if that riff is a straight up rip off of Bonecrusher by Senses Fail lol) but a lot of this is just fine but sounds like a band on autopilot idk but this a bummer for me..
Yea I think it’s a little catchier than the first album overall, especially Jet Stream Wish, what a banger
This album is definitely good. It has been hard to tell if I like it more than their last. Koyo has always felt like a vibe band, it is really hard to tell songs apart and I don't find myself remembering THAT song, but while I am listening I have a good time, but then its over and I move on. I will say I enjoy the turning up of the relentlessness of this album with tracks jumping directly into the next especially the last several songs.
Yeah, there were a couple times where I was like "damn this song is long." Then I looked and I was 1:40 into the next track haha.
“Jet stream wish” is a 10/10 track I would have written in sharpie as the opening to a burned CD I was giving to a girl I met at a 500 cap show, and that’s one of the deepest compliments in my well.
Checked this out in prep to see them open for Hot Mulligan next week and holy cow. Can’t believe this band has gone under my radar for this long.