Gang of Youths Go Farther in Lightness
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WatchItExplode
July 19th 2019


10720 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

then fire goes out, let me down and heart is a muscle

Rowan5215
Emeritus
July 20th 2019


48515 Comments

Album Rating: 4.7

it's not a bad song but i find it so mundane.




to be fair, if you really cop the lyrics you could argue that evoking mundanity (is that a word) could be the conscious point of the song. I find it understated and beautiful personally



...but uhh Deepest Sighs clearly the best on here y'all

Captain Civic
July 30th 2019


443 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I like that no one disputes this album is amazing, it's just the individual songs that are being fought over. And the fact that everyone has a different one really speaks to this album's greatness.

benkim
July 30th 2019


4816 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

"I feel like so much of this album threatens to collapse under its own weight but gets by on sheer sincerity, and that song embodies that the most."



Perfectly put!

Project
July 30th 2019


5965 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

"I like that no one disputes this album is amazing, it's just the individual songs that are being fought over. And the fact that everyone has a different one really speaks to this album's greatness."



it's also a music forum and we gotta fight about something, even when we all agree

Clumseee
August 21st 2019


1848 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I have a massive man-crush on the lead singer. The dude is a fantastic lyricist—balancing life-affirming lines, vivid imagery, and a self-aware and self-deprecating sense of humour, keeping things from getting too serious. He's got a killer voice—he can soar when he needs to but has a bold and smooth low end. On top of all this musical talent, he's effortlessly cool, seems like a really sweet and genuine dude, and is HANDSOME AF.

NorwichScene
August 21st 2019


3392 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

You sound slightly obsessed with Dave. Listen to their debut where the vocals aren’t as awesome

Clumseee
August 21st 2019


1848 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Guilty.

Project
August 21st 2019


5965 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

his vocals are definitely better on GFIL but they're not bad on the debut

CugnoBrasso
August 22nd 2019


3491 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

I feel like part of the reason why this band is appreciated is because we're not used to listening to an indie rock band in which the singer can actually sing.

Project
August 22nd 2019


5965 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Dave is a masterful vocalist but I feel like you're selling every other indie rock band short



honestly the lyrics are what elevate this band from "really good" to "hard 5/5" for me

CugnoBrasso
August 22nd 2019


3491 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

Just look at the most appreciated albums that year: Manchester Orchestra, Brand New, Elder, Menzingers, Mount Eerie... No wonder Dave is the most appreciated singer among them, he barely had any competition.

heyadam
September 14th 2019


4453 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

god this is still one of my favorite records of the past few years — it’s one of those albums that is gonna define such a specific time of my life

WatchItExplode
September 14th 2019


10720 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

This will def be on my decade list.

BlushfulHippocrene
Emeritus
September 15th 2019


4053 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I'm not much into it anymore, but there was a time (2017, I guess) this album felt borderline life-affirming, and damn, very few albums can manage that.

JohnnyoftheWell
September 15th 2019


64287 Comments


This always seemed exactly what a 'life-affirming' album was supposed to sound like without actually hitting me that way from song to song (great highlights though)

luci
September 15th 2019


12844 Comments


agreed, it's "life-affirming" as an aesthetic

heyadam
September 15th 2019


4453 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

idk it just hit all the right themes at the right time in my life. It wasn't necessarily life-affirming, but it was more like a like-minded companion

WatchItExplode
September 15th 2019


10720 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

It's just a substantial slab of great rock music. Maybe we ruined it with hyperbole but everything here still holds up for me.

jmh886
September 19th 2019


3013 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

revisited this this week. amazing album. had to bump my rating. the slower, dragged out songs have even grown on me. hope they put something new out soon.



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