Grandview
Everything Between Paint and a Wall


5.0
classic

Review

by Scoot USER (47 Reviews)
May 25th, 2019 | 25 replies


Release Date: 2013 | Tracklist

Review Summary: I'm not a promising future, I'm only a past.

As I head into the twilight years of my 20s, I find myself looking back on everything that's led me to this point in my life.

I look at the choices I've made. I look at the girls I've chased and hurt, and been hurt by. I look at my parents going from seemingly being superheroes, having all the answers - to fundamentally being part of the same aging, faceless population that is just trying to figure it out as they go along. I look at the friends I have made and lost, some to my own selfish decisions. I look at my financial mistakes, and what I could have done to set myself up for the rest of my life. I look at my years of alcohol abuse that was justified as being a "partier" but really just served to endanger my health and hide me from my problems. And finally, I look at the person I am now compared to the person I thought I would be at 28.

I can imagine that running away from your problems is a theme shared by many. People work themselves sick to build a life they think they need to live up to some greater glorified idea of what success means. I fell victim to the same trap. I bought a vehicle I couldn't afford at a time when I thought it would make me happy. I started working out to fit in with the ever-growing legion of social media influencers obsessed with fitness and the ideal male body. I read books I thought would teach me how to bend conversations to my will, negotiate whatever I wanted and make more friends than I knew what to do with. I changed my haircut and the way I dressed to blend in because I saw others with the same style that seemed like they had everything together. I wanted so desperately to belong that I failed to address the reason why I felt like such a failure - I wasn't secure with who I was.

I see now that getting older means letting go of the person I thought I should have been, and embracing who I am today. Life offers no do-overs, gives no warning of things to come and has no sympathy for failures. Sometimes, in order to really become who we were meant to be, it means taking a hard look in the mirror and asking ourselves if we really gave it our best shot. It means addressing our character flaws head on instead of relying on a spouse or material goods to bring us fulfillment. And ultimately, it means looking past all of the flashiness, materialism, and portrayals of what society defines as true happiness. Chasing that dream will only leave us as empty and shallow as we fear we are without it.



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Comments:Add a Comment 
Scoot
May 25th 2019


22786 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

this album desperately needed a review



one of the best for self-reflection i've ever heard

Brabiz
May 25th 2019


2324 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah, this is def a 5. Somehow forgot this one.

Observer
Emeritus
May 26th 2019


9455 Comments


Didnt realize this didnt have a review.

Album is very good, and your self-reflection/midlife crises musings have encouraged me to revisit it. Very well written. Album is emo rock, with a slight touch of poppy-song structures for those ignorant of it. Recs are on point.

Trebor.
Emeritus
May 26th 2019


60035 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Fuck yeah

Snake.
May 26th 2019


25387 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

FINALLY

maahmacon
May 26th 2019


1 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

THANK YOU



hogan900
May 29th 2019


3332 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

YES SCOOT

outliers
May 29th 2019


5167 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

DID GOD DRINK HIMSELF TO SLEEP THE NIGHT HE CREATED ME?

joshieboy
August 14th 2019


8330 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

What a fucking banger To The Sun is

Deathconscious
August 14th 2019


27466 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

This isnt a review at all, but nice musing i guess.



Its too bad this only got a review after it grew off of me.

budgie
August 14th 2019


38237 Comments


i live right next to a beach called grandview! i'm famus

Observer
Emeritus
October 14th 2019


9455 Comments


Doubt we'll see more from these guys, bummer

joshieboy
October 15th 2019


8330 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Damn, l needa listen to this again. Awesome record

Observer
Emeritus
December 12th 2019


9455 Comments


This album really does remind me of the first have mercy album, though I prefer this.

joshieboy
December 13th 2019


8330 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Wish this band stayed together.

outliers
September 9th 2021


5167 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

To the Sun is such a classic

JayEnder
May 2nd 2022


21187 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Yeah, this is pretty much exactly how I feel about life at 24. Man I really hope I get my shit together before 30...



Thanks for this though Scoot, everything you mentioned is exactly what I've been feeling insecure about. Seems we all go through the same struggles around this time. Your early 20's are NOT your golden years, at least not for me.

MarsKid
Emeritus
June 22nd 2022


21035 Comments

Album Rating: 4.7

This hovers near 5.0 some days

MarsKid
Emeritus
July 11th 2022


21035 Comments

Album Rating: 4.7

Woah when did the average blow up to 4.2

Scoot
July 11th 2022


22786 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

not enough people know about it



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