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I could go with Pioneer or LLL but I went with Pioneer just because that album will always be really special to me
Black & White has some decent stuff, but that’d be a wild favorite record to have by this band. I get why it doesn’t have any votes so far
Lovely Little Lonely You Are OK American Candy Can’t Stop Won’t Stop Pioneer Forever Halloween Black & White They are putting out the best music of their career as of recent
You Are OK by a mile. LLL, Forever Halloween, and Black & White are all good (they’ve had a weird “every other” thing going for me) but I continue to believe they tapped into something special on the last one.
If you had asked me this prior to You Are OK coming out, the answer would have easily been LLL. But You Are OK is a staggeringly great record that managed to top LLL, which I didn't think would be possible. You Are OK LLL Black & White American Candy Pioneer Can't Stop Won't Stop Forever Halloween Also shout out to The Way We Talk EP. I remember being so hyped on that EP when it was coming out and telling all my friends in high school that this band The Maine was going to be great. I was right.
It’s the lyrical content and cohesiveness of LLL as a record, front to back, that sets it apart for me. To me it’s truly not even a close race.
I'll go to bat for American Candy here. Wall to wall bangers and a good bridge between their first few releases and LLL/YAO.
I saw them support New Found Glory and Taking Back Sunday in the Pioneers era. Remember loving “Some Days”. They’re one of those “must catch up on” bands for me
Some Days is for sure a wayyy underrated track in their discog. I know it was the lead single from Pioneer but it felt like it got swept under the rug pretty quickly