Aulia Ramadhan

The All-American Rejects with dreamier sound and more guitars. The hooks and melodies are always on point be it from the vocal or guitar harmony.

The upbeat songs are really catchy and great. At first, the slower ones felt a bit lacking to me, probably because they are too much 90s/2000s conventional. After a couple of listens, I eventually enjoyed them as well.

It's a grower album. Not really a fan at first but "Desire", "Sundowner", "Motorcycle Boy", and "Horseness Is the Whatness" changed my mind after a few listens.

I like this direction of the band but I guess they will change their sound again in the next album (I hope)

With that being said, I still prefer Skinty Fia over this.

Little bit of Interpol, Little bit of Sonic Youth in the guitars. Vocals have great melodies and versatility, switching from Julian Casablancas to Thom Yorke and in between here and there. Interesting rhythm sections hold the songs really well, making sure that they don't fall in 90s nostalgia act's tropes.

There are a few filler-tracks that fell short in comparison to the other tracks however, tracklisting is good so I still ended up satisfied in the album closer.

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