Petey USA - The Yips (July 11, 2025) • Page 8

Opening 5/6 song run of Lean Into Life is his peak. Second half of the record I like every song but it doesn’t feel as essential.

 

As far as milkman, the chorus is fun as hell but it’s gonna take a while for the we didn’t start the fire of the verses to grow on me

 

Finally got a chance to listen to this and I think it's really solid, although I agree with the general consensus that it's not as immediate as Lean Into Life or USA. But overall pretty good!

My hot take is that Spirit Animal is actually great lol

 

Love the back half of spirit animal. Maybe the front will grow on me.

 

Been listening to this a lot yesterday and today. It has definitely grown on me a ton and I really like it, but the first part of Spirit Animal is still real rough imo. (And I also still don’t like the verses in Milkman.)

 

Love the opening track now

 

I think this album suffers more from a sequencing issue, rather than a songwriting issue. The songs themselves are very good

 

Loving this more and more. Don’t really have any complaints.

I do agree that the title track would make a great closer, but it also works as an opener for me.

Walla did a great job on the production and I think the songwriting is as strong as ever.

 

Yeah, I am starting to think this is actually a really good album lol

 

Glad y’all are coming around haha

 

Title track has some theme song qualities (positive).

 

i spoiled all the singles for myself, but the back half of this album made me feel so many things. excited to listen again this evening.

 

Spirit Animal and Bucket of Water are so so good, especially once you get acclimated with the strangeness in the beginning

 

As Two People Drift Apart wrecked me, that should come with a warning. I've now heard the singles, will update once I can spend time with this whole thing.

 

Just a heads up the closing track might be a tough one too, I still haven’t been able to listen to it more than once

 

I don’t get the complaints, what a fantastic album

 

He’s become one of my top current artists. I’ve connected with his music in a way I don’t often find myself capable of anymore

 

It’s crazy how he isn’t bigger than he is, especially with some heavy hitters within the music industry being huge fans of his and have actively promoted him (Blink, Zach Bryan, The Lumineers, Death Cab, Manchester Orchestra, etc) within the past year or so.

 

I feel the same. Hope he blows up. He deserves it.

 

Such a weird co-sign list lol

 

This is good, but Lean Into Life is still comfortably his best.

 

those last few lines.. it's wild when someone puts words to ideas you've previously had. petey is masterful at this.

 

I feel like it might be tough to separate being a really funny guy on Tik Tok with being a super earnest singer-songwriter. Even though that’s I how discovered him (sharing joke video to listening to his songs), I’m not sure how much of a pipeline that is.

 

Got my vinyl today. Didn’t realize it was coming with a signed card.

 

yea, I actively dislike the title/opening track and love the rest of the album haha