So, I love this album. Honestly, from the first song — Human — I was hooked. It’s only been a few days of listening, and I wish I’d heard of them sooner. I don’t know how to explain my feelings about this album in depth. It makes me nostalgic. It makes me want to throw open the windows and have the music playing at maximum volume. It reminds me of Love Drunk by Boys Like Girls. It makes me want to know the words so I can scream along in joy. It tugs at my heart. It makes me want to cry.
There are 10 songs. I like them all. These are my favorites.
Saturation and Light
Favorite lyric: “Beautiful dreamer, pitiful failure”
This song makes me feel like running through the woods. It makes me feel like living fiercely. It makes me believe that anything is possible.
Screaming Undercover
I don’t know a single lyric from this song yet, but I so badly want to be at an Archers of Loaf show, yelling along to this with a full crowd around me. This song makes me feel the way the movie School of Rock felt when I was a kid. In a strange way, it also reminds me of how I felt listening to Untouched by The Veronicas when I was in middle school. What a song, to make me feel this alive.
In the Surface Noise
I just like this song a lot. Somehow, when I listen to it, life feels more possible. It makes me feel like being rebellious and defiant. It makes me feel like standing at a pier in front of the ocean and yelling into the wind. It feels like something is expanding in my chest, fighting to get out. And when the song ends, it feels like it’s over too soon.
War is Wide Open
Favorite lyric: “The days grow cold as you wave goodbye”
This song makes me feel like I’ve lost something too early. It makes me want to move out of my apartment and go back home to be with my parents. It makes me want to never grow up.
