Album Rating: 4.0

Dude, 555 is awesome. That is by far the one that grew on me the most. I HAAATED it the first time I heard it. Then I watched the video and started to fall in love with it.

Album Rating: 3.5

yea but see i dont like the video at all either

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

It's all about the lyrics on 555 for me. Love the music too, but it's secondary. With "Love Never" I barely ever listened to the single version when it was released, so by the time this version came out, it was practically a brand new song to me.

I always much preferred the moodier side of this band.
There is a clear divide with people as to which they prefer. It usually centres around which songs off Bleed they like.
Futures came out when I was in my early teens so that's where I jumped in and went back from there as it was when Limewire was still around.

This is a weird one, Sowing suggests that it takes its own path which is true. But this is still quite a polished record, akin to Chase This Light in it's massive, clean production.



I guess I'm here waiting for another Stay On My Side EP. That shit is gold.

Album Rating: 4.5

I'm in the Futures/IB moody camp but this has some downright phenomenal songwriting across the board. A very crisp, straightforward, fun record.

Album Rating: 4.0

555 is great. Just got back from seeing them live in Harrisburg, it's pretty awesome live too. Jim really kills it with the vocals

Album Rating: 4.0

I guess I'm here waiting for another Stay On My Side EP. That shit is gold (2)



Seriously one of their best albums.

Album Rating: 3.0

Don’t get the hype for this. It’s just so middling. Integrity Blues I really felt was a great late-career revival but they couldn’t do it twice in a row

Album Rating: 3.5

yeah as the dust has settled this is bottom three jimmy :/



its kinda just mostly serviceable slightly above average pop rock with one really really bad song in the middle, and the best song here came out over a year ago. congratulations is pretty tight tho

Album Rating: 3.5

I CAN ONLY USE WHAT I LEARN FROM YOU

FOR THE REST I QUIETLY EXPECT TO BURN THROUGH

Album Rating: 3.5

Above average pop rock is similar to how I'm feeling. I like the album quite a bit and really like most of the songs but it doesn't come together as a whole like IB does.

Album Rating: 4.0

See, I actually prefer this to IB. Find that one slightly overrated, though still good.

Album Rating: 3.5

I think if One Mil, Criminal Energy and Surviving were as richly produced as Delivery, Congratulations and Recommit I might like this a bit more.

Album Rating: 3.5

Feels a little undercooked at times I guess for me. Could do with an extra guitar part fleshing out the chorus in One Mil, like how All the Way really blossoms in the chorus.

Album Rating: 4.0

with one really really bad song in the middle,



You take that back goddamnit, sum’er a bitch.

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

This is the most melodically brilliant pop/rock album I've heard in a long while. I can't say I understand Onion's 3 when he has Hello Exile 4.5'd. I love that record too but I could defintely understand someone calling that record middling over this.

Album Rating: 3.5

I wonder what is the really really bad song in the middle? And I don't understand how the best song could be Love Never... that's clearly the worst song for me.



This feels like a good collection of Jimmy B-sides for me. Which isn't necessarily to knock it as they have some great B-sides. But it doesn't feel like an "album" to me. I don't feel like I go on a journey with it, nor do I get drawn into a particular mood.



The quality of the songs may be on par, but Surviving winds up as less than the sum of its parts, where IB was more.

Album Rating: 3.5

"I can't say I understand Onion's 3 when he has Hello Exile 4.5'd. I love that record too but I could defintely understand someone calling that record middling over this"



way better lyrics, melodies and vocals maybe?

Album Rating: 3.5

really bad song here is 555 btw

Album Rating: 3.5

Lyrics is a strange one. I like Hello Exile but I agree with the Pitchfork review that the lyrics are mostly just tired references to growing up. Some great lyrics on Surviving. Not the band's best but still great. I can see thinking 555 is a really bad song. I like it now but it's far from my favourite. It has some great lyrics though.