April 24, 2012 • Topshelf Records
Do I even need to review this one? Another midwest emo album (from Topshelf, of course); this one came out last year. Was there a chance it wouldn't be good? Okay, maybe a small chance, but it doesn't matter. If you're even remotely in love with this kind of music as I am, this is worth a spin.
The band names and song titles seem to get sillier and sillier, but the songs are just as good. It's twinkly, complex clean guitar verses typical to the genre, paired with slightly-more aggressive choruses reminiscent of some Japandroids moments. I even hear some glockenspiel in there on "Medal of Honor" (I think?); very cool. It's also helpful that the vocalist has a voice that is actually pretty nice to listen to—while I can appreciate the horrible out-of-tune vocals of some bands, it gets old after a while.
Admittedly, it doesn't have quite the staying power as a lot of similar recent albums—the tracks aren't really as memorable as Arrows in Her or Have Mercy or even Old Gray, but even the not-as-good ones have their merits (and don't go on too long as to be hard to listen to).
Anyway, there's plenty of great songs and an overall really good sound that mostly stands up with all the other great albums that I've been spinning lately.
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