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| 4.0 excellent | TheManMachine | August 18th 15 |
Anxious bedroom-cell confinement, hospitals and hellfire, desperately eager to be the tingling lip-spit who gets to crawl under the skin of that special someone - sure, they're emo boys, decked out in all black with gentle strings+dream guitars to help weep for the cause. But damn it all if the depressive disposition isn't persuasively reinforced with some dynamic bipolar sequencing: by the time "Your Soft Blood" rolls around with its rockbottom nightmare despair, vicious pedal squall and doom-ridden thunder-riffs, things seem direly inconsolable; only to segue into the morning-after slacker-stumble mull-over optimism of "Art School Wannabe" ("I might not be as dark as I think"). And damn it all again if the metaphorical initiation of drugs/heroin/gin doesn't build into autobiography bit by bit: staying clean+sleeping in to stoner veins+fainting death to "Using"; which tiptoes in to nonchalantly put it all out on the table and accept relapsing as a tradeoff for a slice of temporary mental contentment, hence the joyously boastful chorus ("I stopped wishing I was dead!"). These guys should consider a tour with fellow pop-punker Jeff Rosenstock: he could cheer 'em up and propose the more sustainable vices of beers+bongs, and they can all call+hang up on loved ones together.
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| 4.5 superb | kalkwiese | November 17th 17 |
The songs are short, straight forward and creative. Listening to this makes me feel happy and terribly sad at the same time, it's really bittersweet and convincing. rMy biggest gripe with this is its shortness, but it's still a satifying listen.
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| 3.5 great | ConsumerOfNut | July 3rd 15 |
Hilarious how much better this is than the last record. Contrast between songs like Your Soft Blood and Art School Wannabe is kinda comical, and the lyrics are pretty terrible but it's a solid "fun" listen.
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| 3.5 great | Alabaster Jones | June 18th 15 |
A nice blend of pop-punk, emo, and acoustic rock, the sophomore effort from Hartford's own Sorority Noise is an exercise in catchy, fun, and relatable indie punk. The effective one-two punch of opener "Blissth" and "Corrigan" starts things out on the right foot with their memorable choruses, but softer escapades like "Fluorescent Black", "Your Soft Blood", and "Fuchsia" are just as enjoyable in their own right due to their quaint instrumentals and beautiful vocals. The best song, however, is "Using", a heartfelt memoir of dealing with addiction and feeling suicidal, with a fantastic climax that ends in a triumph. The album might not do anything new by any means, and loses a bit of gas by the end, but it's still a nice listen for fans of pop-punk with an indie rock tinge.
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| 4.5 superb | Sowing STAFF | May 11th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | anvium | February 24th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Brabiz | October 19th 20 |
| 5.0 classic | kodama | December 30th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tom Hood | November 30th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Votex | August 25th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Mochin | August 6th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | josh | June 10th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Adamn | May 8th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Josh | March 5th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Ben STAFF | June 28th 18 |
| 2.5 average | stasar | June 21st 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Enzx | May 11th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Sam C. | March 26th 18 |
| 3.0 good | FoOltz | February 8th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | cableguy | December 18th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Brandon | September 9th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tom Read CONTRIBUTOR | August 20th 17 |
| 3.0 good | bentl | July 31st 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | adamsee | July 24th 17 |
| 3.5 great | jesper STAFF | July 24th 17 |
| 3.0 good | Jips | May 26th 17 |
| 5.0 classic | PWalst | May 11th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Hotrod | May 11th 17 |
| 5.0 classic | Icarus | May 11th 17 |
| 2.5 average | buck1 | April 22nd 17 |
| 3.5 great | 2453 | March 20th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Shukal | March 18th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Skoj | March 1st 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | chris. | February 22nd 17 |
| 2.5 average | Illume | February 3rd 17 |
| 3.5 great | Adamrk | December 16th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | ian b. | November 24th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | YiftahG | October 26th 16 |
| 3.0 good | Trebor. EMERITUS | March 17th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Elvis | February 29th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Pajolero | December 24th 15 |
| 3.5 great | JS19 | October 11th 15 |
| 3.5 great | JayKb | October 5th 15 |
| 2.0 poor | bungy | September 27th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Sleeves | September 6th 15 |
| 3.0 good | zmol | June 26th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | mikep87 | June 24th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Yay | June 23rd 15 |
| 3.0 good | tom79 | June 23rd 15 |
| 2.5 average | adr | June 23rd 15 |
| 3.0 good | Lours | June 23rd 15 |
| 4.5 superb | fdrc | June 19th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Prole | June 18th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | sheep | June 16th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sithese | June 16th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | willzor | June 15th 15 |
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