Honestly I is the only thing I remember from this
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Album Rating: 5.0
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All these melodies live rent free in my head. Most "summer pop-punk" album I've heard in ages.
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I know you loved it Sowing. It was a bit too polished for me. Objectively good melodies, but real safe. I liked Childhood Eyes significantly more, but understand the pivot to this based on how poorly that one did. Three More Minutes was a banger.
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Album Rating: 5.0
Despite my score I actually agree with your overarching sentiment. This is overproduced, and there is a certain sincerity and classic YC charm to Childhood Eyes (I just listened to it yesterday for contrast and I think I would have preferred a full LP in that style). I view Better Days as a one-off mainstream bid. I'm fine with them writing super simple & catchy pop punk tunes like this for one album cycle to see what they can do for their bottom line, but I don't think I'll be very happy if they just keep bringing Travis Barker back album after album. Getting Neal Avron/Parsons to return is the dream, although I think Nate Young did a serviceable enough job on drums post-LPIII that he could once again be used in lieu of either Parsons or Barker. That said, if they do run it back with Travis and write everything in a similar style to Better Days, I'll still take it over no YC at all, and would probably enjoy it a ton anyway because for me this is just one of those bands.
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Album Rating: 3.0
It's no Southern Air for sure
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@sowing all fair! They objectively crushed this mainstream, over-produced sound. Album certainly has some great tunes, I just can't imagine choosing to listen through the whole thing again. One offs like Honestly I are summer bangers.
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Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off
Childhood eyes and the 5-6 best tracks from this may be their best LP full stop.
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Stop lol
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Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off
1. Three minutes more
2. Better days
3. Childhood eyes
4. Hiding in the light
5. Honestly I
6. Honest from the jump
7. City of Angels
8. Bedroom posters
9. Skin Scraped
10. Barely Alive
11. The Places We'll Go
Tell me that's not at least a 4.5
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Nothing from this record is a 4.5 imho
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Album Rating: 5.0
I can't argue with those song selections. I think they're probably all their best songs since the reunion.
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