this is a huge step up from Sister Cities in every way, I'm happy to see the boys are back
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Album Rating: 3.5
The opinions for this thing are all over the place lol
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I wonder if anyone else finds the melodrama of their later stuff a bit too much. Can't really explain it, because I love NCTH which is certainly far from subtle, but it feels like the drama is warranted there.
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Album Rating: 4.0
The biggest issue with this second "trilogy" is how melodramatic it is. No Closer to Heaven is my favorite album they've done and I really don't think it ever becomes overwrought or anything, but Sister Cities is mixed terribly and Soupy consistently sounds as if he is on the edge of tears -there's no sunlight that they let in at all.
Hum rights the ship in regard to his vocals, but there are definitely some moments that I feel like are a bit much. Summer Clothes is probably the most obvious example as it feels like they are really forcing the emotion behind it, I just don't really vibe with it at all. I'm still figuring out where it fits in their discography but I'm leaning towards a rough ranking of
NCTH>Suburbia>TGG>The Upsides>Hum>>Sister Cities>Get Stoked
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100% agree with everything, including the ranking. Actually, I might prefer Sister Cities to this despite the terrible mix and slightly annoying vocals. Just like the songs better.
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Album Rating: 3.0
Ranking is close, I'd just put The Upsides ahead of TGG.
Still think TGG is overrated.
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Album Rating: 4.0
TGG is definitely a tad overrated. I think it's a "better" album than Suburbia but I enjoy Suburbia more, if that makes sense. People just really wanted to crown The Wonder Years and it was a sort of easy place to land when TGG was closing out the trilogy and had a ton of satisfying callbacks. For my money, I think NCTH is the album that people want TGG to be in terms of growth and being a watershed moment for the genre. It's just a damn shame they fucked up the order of the tracks on that one. Cigarettes and Saints is such an obvious closer
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I'm growing out my hair because who gives a shit
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Really enjoying this. The Paris of Nowhere and Lost it in the Lights are two standout tracks for me.
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"I'm growing out my hair because who gives a shit"
Hate that lyric so much. Hide it in the verse or something, sure, but repeating it several times in the choruses, ugh.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Great line. Had that thought many times during the pandemic
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Album Rating: 2.5
This album is weaker than Sister Cities.
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Album Rating: 4.0
one sad thing about this album is that it rarely demonstrates how absurdly good their drummer is
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I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW THAT I ONLY ALMOST CRIED TWICE.
Not sure what to rate it yet, but it's gonna be up there, methinks.
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Album Rating: 3.0
Skip their first album Sowing, it's atrocious.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Even though there is some disconnect here, all that’s doing for me is making it a 4.5 instead of something higher. it’s some of their strongest songwriting ever as a collective and Dan has never sounded better
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Album Rating: 4.0
I DON'T WANNA DIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEE
OR MAYBE IIIIIIIIII DOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Album Rating: 4.5
Old Friends is quickly becoming my favorite. That bridge into the last chorus hits so hard
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Album Rating: 4.0
i'm growing out my hair cuz who gives a shit
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Album Rating: 3.5
Old Friends is the best banger on this album for sure
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