I keep giving these guys a shot based on their debut EP, which was a hooky, bass-rattling, angular explosion of skeletal pop-punk. By now they've dropped every word of that description except pop. There's nothing here, the hooks are overdone, the whole thing overproduced into oblivion, like Weezer circa Beverly Hills, like Blink 182 without the wit or hooks, taking zero chances. And no, clumsily stapling your first three tracks together into a 3-part, 8-minute song does not constitute taking a chance, especially when that track consists mostly of Vampire Weekend worship.
Look. These guys are fine as a nonsense pop rock bands go, but I give them shit because I know they're better than this 2/5
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