it's a more commercially viable record, and it gets a little too close to generic emo for me at points, but it still bites and it largely avoids the cheese that has bogged the genre down so badly. that's what attracted me to the band in the first place. it's like....they're walking back towards the point i was hoping the genre had left behind, but haven't gone so far that they're unlistenable.
yet. ?.
a haphazard review, yes. i'm missing the darker, more claustrophobic sound. yet, that's not to say i don't like brighter, more expansive punk, so it's....it's just going to take some time to form a stronger opinion.
yeah. this is sinking in well, especially through headphones. the lyrical continuity through the disc is also....funny thing is it's kind of exactly what i'm thinking about right now. this could become a sort of an important disc to me....
the shift to a more major-keyed sound is definitely impeding the record's passive re-listenability, though.