Honestly I is the only thing I remember from this

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.

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.

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.

Album Rating: 3.0

It's no Southern Air for sure

@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.

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

Childhood eyes and the 5-6 best tracks from this may be their best LP full stop.

Stop lol

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

Nothing from this record is a 4.5 imho

Album Rating: 5.0

I can't argue with those song selections. I think they're probably all their best songs since the reunion.

Album Rating: 5.0

This is my first time getting to treat this like the Summer album that I wish it was (and probably should have been). Super catchy straightforward pop punk like this just hits different in the heat, driving with the windows down. I've probably spun this 10 times just in the last two weeks.

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

The single being given the summer treatment and not the album is perplexing to me. I still think the album exceeded expectations for the group. But you'd think with the summer pull it would have done better.

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah I was a bit baffled when the album seemed to be finished in March and they didn't cash in on the summer release. They can do them, though, I'm just happy this exists.

My biggest issue with this album is how overproduced it is. Travis Barker isn't a good producer imo. The album also seems to force Yellowcard tropes in the songwriting. I don't know if that makes sense, but that's my impression.

The track order doesn't do this any favors either. I still enjoy this, though, but in a different order:

1. Better Days
2. Honestly I
3. Take What You Want
4. Bedroom Posters
5. You Broke Me Too
6. Love Letters Lost
7. City Of Angels
8. Skin Scraped
9. Barely Alive
10. Big Blue Eyes

Album Rating: 5.0

I think the Blink tropes are forced more than the YC ones, and agreed it's overproduced (but for this type of intentionally mainstream, catchy summer pop-punk I'm okay with it). I also tinkered with the track ordering; here's mine:



1) Honestly I

2) Take What You Want

3) Love Letters Lost

4) Bedroom Posters

5) Better Days

6) You Broke Me Too

7) Skin Scraped

8) City of Angels

9) Barely Alive

10) Big Blue Eyes

Album Rating: 5.0

Constantly hearing Bedroom Posters and Better Days on alt radio stations is pretty surreal