yeah sincerity is scary really laid the blueprint for where this band would end up going thematically and sonically. an all time classic song right there.
Uhhh not from personal experience or anything of course but anyone going through a breakup maybe should skip About You
100% Given that it feels crass to comment only on this but the distant chanting in the second half is so fucking good
Waited til midnight, my first impression is this is one of my favorite albums I have ever heard. And, even coming from someone whose favorite album of all time is ILIWYS, I didn’t think they had this album in them. I’m stunned.
Can’t find the original post to quote it but Oh Caroline ends abruptly on Apple Music for me too. Is it supposed to?
The closer is the one I repeated immediately. Gonna listen a LOT more tomorrow to gather my thoughts, I’m blown away
It’s been a long time since I’ve loved a record this much on first listen damn I hope they really do end up playing it front-to-back on tour!
Really loving that final trio of songs. The back half of “Human Too” is hitttttting at 1am. Opener and closer are probably my favorite of the unreleased songs after three listens, but front to back this is a focused, catchy missile of a record. Not going to lie; I prefer when they stretch and explore genre, but all the folks who especially love their first two albums and have asked for a more straightforward effort should be ecstatic.
I’m up to Human Too and so far I’m not digging it as much as everyone else. I can hear touches of Antonoff on this and I don’t like his work very much as a whole. Sometimes the music feels a bit flat idk how to explain it. Felt similarly about the latest Bleachers record.