Album Rating: 3.0

deep

Album Rating: 3.0

If New Found Glory had decent production it would sound like this.

Album Rating: 1.5

My Friends Over You slays anything on this.

Album Rating: 1.5

@Cameron Unless NFG really changed course over their career (stopped listening after the first few albums), I have no clue how you drew that conclusion



Though I also don't consider this decent production so idk. Way overproduced

Album Rating: 3.0

Pop music is overproduced yeah. MGK is a bad singer for sure, but he's clearly surrounded himself with talented professionals to make this sound really legit as far as radio friendly alt rock goes.

Album Rating: 1.0

Turds can be polished really shiny, yes.

Album Rating: 4.0

Still loving this album,,,, movie he put out is pretty terrible tho except the girl is hot

Album Rating: 3.0

there's some fun stuff on here. y'all just overly critical snobs lol

Album Rating: 4.0

can't remember an album in recent memory where people got more upset about other people liking it

I only heard what he played at the new year's performance live and it was atrocious

Album Rating: 3.0

all i'm saying is this aint that bad. if you don't like it i get it. but at the same time if the album didn't have mgk's name on it most people would just say "meh" and move on.

Album Rating: 2.5

" if the album didn't have mgk's name on it"



well yeah this is half assed 2000s pop punk full of the same tired themes down to the damn cover from a mediocre rapper who was only previously relevant because of a diss track lol

Album Rating: 4.0

Sites like Sput RYM Pitchfork etc are terrible indicators for the reception of this album. This is like the most omnipresent rock album "that actually rocked" since what... Wasting Light? Paramore S/T? Like this is the only distorted guitar music my irl friends even touch. MGK has been out here performing these songs on live tv for like a year now. This thing has been way better received than the gatekeepers and rating sites make it out to be.



And yes... like Zarling said, I do believe it's because the album has MGK's name on it to an extent. Dude has been public enemy no.1 on all these sites for a decade now (which he brought upon himself with his bad music and dumb antics). Kinda jarring to see him completely reshape his style/image and release a good album. If someone like Lil Aaron or Gab3 put this out I think it'd respected way more by these types of communities by virtue of it coming from a new up-and-comer.

Album Rating: 1.5

"you might be right that it would do a little better under a different name"



Funnily, I think thats the only reason its done as well as it has

His long form music video for this was moderately interesting.

Album Rating: 1.5

i mean the only reason he has some sort of "respect" is because he works with Travis Barker, and all the generic pop-punk fans lap up anything he touches. basic instrumentals, flat and boring vocals, trite and cliche lyrics. there is very little quality on this album that will give it staying power after the radio stops playing it.



it'd be one thing if this album was left at "meh" and moved on, but the fact that people praise and hold this album to such high regard, it almost feels satirical. not to mention that so many people who like this album become so defensive towards those who panned it.

Album Rating: 4.0

"but the fact that people praise and hold this album to such high regard, it almost feels satirical. not to mention that so many people who like this album become so defensive towards those who panned it."



I think a lot of the people (aside from mgk stans) who really stick up for this album do it because this is the only semblance of rock music with teeth in modern pop culture (that isn't being made by some legacy artist like Foo Fighters or Metallica). And it's something a large underbelly of people want but simply aren't getting.



I also think a lot of people have latched onto this similar to how they latch on to Uzi or Travis Scott. They are bona fide rockstars, and people love rockstars. but they don't make "rock" music. MGK does. I was reading online how someone (may have actually been MGK himself) said rock is dead in the mainstream because nobody wants to be a rockstar... and I think MGK proved that person right with this album. Look at that cover art. Look at the videos for these songs. This dude is a rockstar and his album is everywhere. It's just something that nobody else from this generation of music is really doing. He's made this style+image "cool" again for a shit ton of people, even if it only lasts for a little while.

Album Rating: 4.0

Think another thing at play here is that this music is typically made by "bands", while MGK is just one person. The people he works with (Travis Barker, Yungblud, Trippie, Halsey etc.) are also very identifiable individuals. I think it's easier for people to connect with individuals over bands these days, which is why "bands" don't really hit it big like this anymore.



I also really like this album cause it kinda makes me think more than most new music... heavily ironic considering how vapid this album is. It's like a launching point for all sorts of discussions.

Album Rating: 1.5

If this is what “popular rock music with teeth” is coming to, maybe it’s best that it does die.

Album Rating: 4.0

Really good video that better explains a lot of my ramblings itt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xexYSB6hoKY&ab_channel=ThePunkRockMBA