Album Rating: 4.5

How is it the best track by a mile? It's probably the most generic song on the album and the hook is annoying. Sounds like a top 40s track

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Well it’s polished, overproduced indie, but it’s at least pleasant to listen to

Album Rating: 4.5

IIIIIIII wannnnnt it all



How does that not irritate people. I don't like this nearly as much as most people but calling the title track the best is genuinely confounding

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Grand Paradise would be the best if it were just the last half if that means something. I’m really addicted to those last 2 minutes. Pretty hard Limousine vibes if the messiah part were stretched out longer.

Album Rating: 4.5

The messiah part is actually my fave in Limousine

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Same. Or the bridge of Not the Sun. But that’s the only part of this album that really gripped me and wow’d me. If they are capable of that kinda goodness, they should do more stuff like that.

Album Rating: 5.0

No one explained to me the BN comparisons

Album Rating: 5.0

The singer sounds nothing like Lacey and the musical styles seem very different to me

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They’re similar only at times I think. And they’re on Triple Crown. I saw them open for Brand New back in 2014. That’s actually how I found em

Wouldn’t necessarily compare the two, but if you don’t hear Brand New in the last half of Grand Paradise, then I can’t help ya. It’s very Limousine or Degausser for sure.

Grand Paradise is extremely BN-esque

First song screams Brand New. Crazy...glad to see i wasnt the only one who thought it. Those vocals especially

Yeah when Conor does his weird like falsetto yells or whatever it sounds a loooottt like twangy/Daisy Jesse

Album Rating: 5.0

I still hear Modest Mouse more than Brand New. I guess I can see it though. I never would have gotten it on my own, I don't think it's all that obvious.

Album Rating: 4.5

Esp like "at the bottom" brand new

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At the Bottom, for sure yes

Modest Mouse too, but most of the time Modest Mouse and Brand New are comparable

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I thought both Grand Paradise and Gameshark sounded like Brand New meets Radiohead.



Parts of Lich Prince reminded me of BN too, specifically the solo.

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Lich Prince and Gameshark are repulsive. Nothing of that is like Brand New.

Album Rating: 4.5

"Grand Paradise," "Lich Prince," and a couple others here just scream Daisy vibes to me. Solo in the latter immediately made me think of the one from "137" last year too

Album Rating: 4.0

"Dealer had a theme and stayed consistently beautiful. This doesn’t know what the hell it wants to do and the only thing it is consistent in is sounding chaotic and confused, and as a result barely listenable."

On the one hand, I think you're wrong: the album couldn't be any clearer conceptually; whereas Dealer and The Albatross framed themselves around some vague conception of conflict and resolution, allowing them to tackle broad themes (to their benefit), this album is very, very deliberate in its attempt to paint the chaos you mention. Which, on the other hand (and perhaps to the album's detriment), I think you give way too much credit to. The latter half of the album is hyper-foccused and, bar a few moments, stripped of most of the zaniness of the first half -- feels a lot more resigned, like its given in to (or accepted) the sinking. (Of course, there are still attempts to fight it: 'Won't Drown' is probably too obvious to point out.) Like Rowan mentioned in the review, things are ambiguous, but they're far from vague, and even less confused. Searching, perhaps, uncertain even, but not confused. I dunno.

Album Rating: 5.0

Well if everyone is hearing it but me...it must be me. Maybe I'll pick up on it with more time. I sort of get the guitar tone being similar but I'm still not hearing it vocally. Modest Mouse definitely, but I've never equated BN and MM vocals outside of Jesse's twang on Daisy. Otherwise they sound almost nothing alike.