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Okay after many listens here are my ratings for each song (best to worst)..

She's out of her mind 4.5/5

Home is such a lonely place 4.5/5

Cynical 4.5/5

No Future 4/5

Left alone 4/5

Bored to death 4/5

Only thing that matters 3.5/5

California 3.5/5

San Diego 3.5/5

Rabbit hole 3.5/5

Kings of the weekend 3.5/5

Teenage satalites 3.5/5

Sober 3/5

Los Angeles 3/5

I don't count the two joke songs but love them both. Overall a really good album with not one song I would call weak unlike Neighborhoods which IMO had more then one weak song. Overall 8/10. Love it!

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I know I might get a lot of shit for this but this album is on the same level as Neighborhoods for me. There's a bunch of songs I really like but also a bunch I'll probably skip. Overall I think it will be a fun summer album but nothing that blows my mind. Cynical is fucking fantastic though.

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There seems to be a lot of criticism about the lack of riffs stemming from the absence of Tom. While there's absolutely some truth to that, I feel like this album is significantly better than Neighborhoods / DED in the riff department.

What was the last original riff Tom came up with post-hiatus? New World?

Up All Night written during the Untitled sessions. Wishing Well and Even If She Falls were around during the Modlife days. Natives was a more or less a derivative of M&Ms. GOTDF and Disaster are that same delay-riff we've heard a million times in AVA. When I Was Young, Snake Charmer, Up All Night, etc. are all that same post-hardcore riff Tom's been recycling since Boxcar.

Point is: would Tom really have brought anything new to the table?

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Still collecting my thoughts, but these are my rankings as of now.

 

1."Cynical"   4/5

2."Bored to Death"   4/5

3."She's Out of Her Mind"   3.5/5

4."Los Angeles"   4/5

5."Sober"  4.5/5

6."Built This Pool"   

7."No Future"   3/5

8."Home Is Such a Lonely Place" 5/5

9."Kings of the Weekend"  3/5

10."Teenage Satellites"  3/5

11."Left Alone"   4/5

12."Rabbit Hole"   4/5

13."San Diego"  4.5/5

14."The Only Thing That Matters"   4/5

15."California"  3.5/5

16."Brohemian Rhapsody" 

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Cynical - 5/5

Bored to Death- 3/5

Shes Out of Her Mind- 3/5

Los Angeles- 3.5/5

Sober- 2/5

No Future- 3/5

Home Is Such a Lonely Place- 2/5

Kings of The Weekend- 2.5/5

Teenage Satellites- 3/5

Left Alone- 4/5

Rabbit Hole- 4/5

San Diego- 4/5

The Only Thing That Matters- 3.5/5

California- 4/5

 

 

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