Album Rating: 5.0

"Anyone who rates the new album 3.5+ simply has to 5 this album - they've already made the decision whether they know it or not"

Been done for years ;-)

Album Rating: 5.0

Maybe I only feel this way because it was this time of year when I first got into this album in 2013, but does anyone else think of this as a summer album of sorts? One of my fondest memories from that summer was listening to "Runaway" while on a playground swingset at sunset

Album Rating: 5.0

Exact opposite for me. Will never forget hearing "Sorrow" in the icy January air; the soundtrack to my worst breakup. Whole album has a chilly feeling.

To be fair, it originally had a working title of Summer Lovin’ Torture Party

Album Rating: 5.0

Nah winter album confirmed. I know better than the band does.

Album Rating: 5.0

This isn’t a seasonal album so much as the ultimate murky rain album. But it’s my favorite album ever so I could listen any time tbh.

Album Rating: 4.7

Trouble is prob their “murkiest” album imo and I think that’s why it’s becoming my fav.

Album Rating: 5.0

I love most of Trouble, but the fact that this is brighter, more triumphant, & upbeat in places compared to their others makes it one of their best. It's still depressing, but probably their most multi-dimensional and my favorite style of theirs. Only Boxer is better imo

Album Rating: 4.7

It’s between that and Boxer for my fav but I think Trouble is edging out by just a tad.

Album Rating: 5.0

I feel like I'm swimming in a thick soup of sadness when I listen to TWFM

Album Rating: 4.7

It just has that “it” vibe and something special that pushes it over the top for me. This band is just amazing though.

Album Rating: 5.0

This band is always in a sea of sadness. Although, there are plenty of blissed out islands they land on.

Album Rating: 5.0

This is pretty much perfect. Probably my favourite album of the decade

Album Rating: 5.0

Word. I think it's their best.

Album Rating: 4.5

This album is my everything when it comes to this band (:

Album Rating: 4.0

The songwriting chops on this are incredible.

Album Rating: 4.0

Well damn, I’m loving this one after only one listen. Very immediate. I feel like this has more energy than Boxer, which I find appealing. It’s less subdued, which fits my tastes better.



Very early ranking this far:



High Violet > Alligator > Boxer > Sad Songs (half the songs are great and the other half...not so much)

Album Rating: 4.0

This feels more like a cohesive album than Boxer as well. It has a really haunting, mournful vibe that I find appealing.

Album Rating: 5.0

Man I wish I could hear this for the first time again.

That's an opportunity that I have at my fingertips and yet choose not to pursue.

Jelly?