The Wonder Years No Closer to Heaven
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Slex
September 6th 2015


16549 Comments


Suburbia still da best [2]

also this is way more consistent than TGG, though maybe besides Cigarettes and Saints it doesn't really reach the same highs

Slex
September 6th 2015


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love Jason Butler's feature vocally but lyrically it's corny and forced imo

Rowan5215
Staff Reviewer
September 6th 2015


47607 Comments

Album Rating: 4.4

@yoyo I dig it hard but it feels out of place on Stained Glass Ceilings to me, would have worked better on a faster, shorter song

mxbrady
September 6th 2015


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Album Rating: 4.5

Completely forgot this was due out this month, so that's a nice surprise

YoYoMancuso
Staff Reviewer
September 6th 2015


18860 Comments

Album Rating: 4.2

i've pretty much settled on a soft 4.5 for this. A little sad about that, actually. The first time I heard "Brothers &" I thought this was gonna be something insanely beyond my expectations. In parts it was. In other parts it couldn't deliver.

Rowan5215
Staff Reviewer
September 6th 2015


47607 Comments

Album Rating: 4.4

Yeah they really had the chance to expand their sound but they didn't quite take it

YoYoMancuso
Staff Reviewer
September 6th 2015


18860 Comments

Album Rating: 4.2

Certain songs like Patsy Cline, Hemingway, and You In January do some cool new stuff (super depressing downtempo stuff, awesome choir vocals, and a straight-up love song)



But man why don't people like Patsy Cline that song is a beaut

Slex
September 6th 2015


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Yeah it seems to me the last two albums have been increasingly moving away from pop-punk while also containing their most overt pop-punk moments yet, i.e. the frenetic pace of a lot of the songs on TGG and the big whoa's and gang vocals on this one contrasted against say the ending of The Bastards, The Vultures, The Wolves and the beginning of The Devil in My Bloodstream on TGG and the alt/emo of Cigarettes and Saints and more intricate riffs on this one on a good chunk of the songs

Slex
September 6th 2015


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I mean, i think the first half of TGG is WAY better than the second until I Just Wanna Sell Out My Funeral

mxbrady
September 6th 2015


1582 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

"The first time I heard "Brothers &" I thought this was gonna be something insanely beyond my expectations"



Same here. Don't get me wrong, this is still really good, but Brothers & along with the transition into Cardinals gave me an expectation that the rest of the album swayed away from

Rowan5215
Staff Reviewer
September 6th 2015


47607 Comments

Album Rating: 4.4

TGG defo loses it's way in the second half a bit but it's still their best album for suresies. Also sup Abrodolf

mxbrady
September 6th 2015


1582 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I wouldn't say TGG loses anything in the second half honestly. And howdy browan

Rowan5215
Staff Reviewer
September 6th 2015


47607 Comments

Album Rating: 4.4

Eh Chaser, Madelyn, An American Religion I don't care for so much

MyNameIsPencil
September 6th 2015


6637 Comments


I hate all the songs with thte letter a i them

Slex
September 6th 2015


16549 Comments


Album definitely dips on Teenage Parents til the closer imo but it's definitely not bad

Rowan5215
Staff Reviewer
September 6th 2015


47607 Comments

Album Rating: 4.4

Cul-De-Sacs is sooooo fuckin good tho

mxbrady
September 6th 2015


1582 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Madelyn I can agree with, it's too out of place. But I Just Wanna Sell Out My Funeral is one of the best closing tracks I've ever heard, it's so perfect. And Raindance in Traffic and Cul-de-sac are top notch

scottpilgrim10
September 6th 2015


4750 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I enjoy Madelyn more than most of the songs here

Slex
September 6th 2015


16549 Comments


Cul-de-sac and I Just Wanna Sell Out My Funeral are top notch, the rest after Teenage Parents is nowhere near as good as anything from the first half

Rowan5215
Staff Reviewer
September 6th 2015


47607 Comments

Album Rating: 4.4

agreed Funeral is like the best tracks ever written by anyone ever and also the reason life ever existed tbh



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