Cover art is giving me big "the eyes of my mother" vibes

I hoping for more of a pun in the summary
Like, "What's the matter, can't hold your Liquor?"

Album Rating: 2.5

That doesn't make any sense though lol

This is what I expected with that album cover

Album Rating: 3.0

It's definitely not illuminate, but I think there close to something that might be good in maybe a record or two. This plus illuminate soundscapes with more personal lyrics might be good? I hope, haven't given up on the band yet.

What happened to these, Illuminate was so good.

Album Rating: 2.0

Leighton's lyrical ability has gone seriously downhill

Album Rating: 2.5

^^^for me that's one of the biggest issues

"It's definitely not illuminate, but I think there close to something that might be good in maybe a record or two. This plus illuminate soundscapes with more personal lyrics might be good? I hope, haven't given up on the band yet."

This is the problem though. The soundscape stuff has disappeared from the band with the departure of some of the original members (and the producer too if I'm not mistaken?). The band is now basically just Leighton's project where to me it feels like he's just using Lydia's name and reputation to do what he was trying to do with The Cinema (a much poppier side project) which never really garnered much interest.

I don't hate this album as much as I thought I would when I heard the singles on their release - there are a few tracks that I enjoy on here. But yeah the songwriting is really flat and uninspired and is missing the atmosphere that their previous work has always had even though they've been moving away from the Illuminate sound for years now. In fact, Illuminate and This December are really the outliers in their discography by now.

Album Rating: 3.0

Got intrigued to listen to this by the album cover alone. It's not horrible, and arguably, it's better than 99% of pop music out there, but it's not amazing, either. Just average.

been really trying to give this a fair shot but i keep getting frustrated with it, too much repetition on every single song, I do dig Let It Cover Me Up a lot though

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

actual lyrics in "lie to me"



Baby, you're crazy, darling

Yeah well

Baby, you're crazy, no, no no

What if I'm crazy, darlin'?

Yeah, oh no, yeah well oh no no



ugh....

Album Rating: 3.0

i didnt hate this but its definitely their worst album in my eyes. the pop route worked a lot better on run wild

I think I might love this album; I still need to listen to Run Wild, though.

Album Rating: 2.5

Wasn't expecting to see this get bumped in 2020. I'm glad you're enjoying it. I've remember this being very disappointing but it's also been more than 2 years since I've bothered with it.

New project is really good!