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| 3.5 great | cjbizzlebizzle | December 29th 23 |
Quintessential feels like more than a 3.5 but absolutely cannot justify a 4, 3.75 feels like the perfect territory for HELLMODE. This album finds a mixture of songs that are catchy boisterous anthems (the first three) and those that find Jeff introspective. A few tracks bridge that gap and accomplish both things and those really stand out, 'DOUBT' (best song on the album) and 'GRAVEYARD SONG'. Even as a new-ish Jeff Rosenstock listener, it is becoming pretty obvious what his songwriting style is but at the same time he bleeds personality and authenticity so the songs carry weight and are truly catchy anthems. It feels like HELLMODE may rest on that formula maybe just a tad too much and can feel samey at times. Also, 'LIFE ADMIN' is just a strange song, it sounds like a 2014 Weezer C-side or something and is a sore spot for this release.
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| 3.0 good | Gene Gol-Jonsson CONTRIBUTOR | November 15th 23 |
Rosenstock is back to making concise, reflective tunes that deliberately turn aside before exploding into anthems like his usual stuff does. Admittedly, his most anonymous record song-writing-wise, but nevertheless packed with some heavy, heady highlights.
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| 3.0 good | ajcollins15 | September 13th 23 |
I completely get the hype for an album like this. It?s much of the same energetic and anthemic style of punk and power pop one has come to love from Jeff. For the first half of this record, as well as the closer, you get exactly that. Explosive and intricate lyrics over the same bombastic punk instrumentals keep you dancing through the end of summer. However, this album dumpster dive is with its singer/songwriter elements near the mid-to-late half of the album. Jeff absolutely should not be strumming an acoustic guitar at any point since his singing ability is not all that interesting. Not only that but the two or three songs that incorporate more of a noise rock element also sound extremely awkward when you listen to them (especially on ?Soft Living?). Overall, this is a solid listen for the first half and then slowly becomes a pain to sit through until you finally get to the grand closer ?3 Summers?.
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| 3.1 good | Erwann S. STAFF | September 4th 23 |
It's alright. HELLMODE is a mishmash of his sounds whose coherence and potency feels slightly off - either the songs don't go hard enough, or they blast their power off without dialing in some of Rosenstock's pop tendencies. It's alright.
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| 0.0 | anat CONTRIBUTOR | September 1st 23 |
i'm getting too old for this shit
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| 3.0 good | Just Tim. | September 1st 23 |
Seeing him live in a week, will see if this grows on me after
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| 3.5 great | Onirium | February 28th 24 |
| 2.6 average | A.R.O. STAFF | February 22nd 24 |
| 3.5 great | Pangea | January 10th 24 |
| 3.5 great | Risodo | January 8th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | SadLad | January 2nd 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | NyxArc | January 2nd 24 |
| 3.0 good | Zeiu | December 31st 23 |
| 3.5 great | Scoot | December 31st 23 |
| 3.5 great | UrukHai | December 29th 23 |
| 2.5 average | Matty CONTRIBUTOR | December 28th 23 |
| 3.5 great | greg84 EMERITUS | December 28th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Surette | December 27th 23 |
| 3.0 good | Yotimi | December 27th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | haps125 | December 26th 23 |
| 3.5 great | Veldin | December 26th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | iGuter | December 24th 23 |
| 2.5 average | vult | December 21st 23 |
| 3.5 great | Tim00w | December 14th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | FunJan | December 12th 23 |
| 3.5 great | alamo | September 27th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | bnest | September 22nd 23 |
| 3.5 great | Respawn | September 22nd 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | snakesc | September 14th 23 |
| 3.5 great | Preston | September 12th 23 |
| 3.5 great | Nash J! | September 10th 23 |
| 3.5 great | Rmazer | September 10th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Corney | September 8th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Diabetes | September 8th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | kevnb | September 8th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | ScottEhh | September 8th 23 |
| 3.5 great | Marxman | September 7th 23 |
| 3.5 great | mallen- | September 6th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | BeeRyan | September 6th 23 |
| 3.0 good | jmh886 | September 6th 23 |
| 3.5 great | Lacking | September 6th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | mrManxxx | September 6th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Djang0 | September 4th 23 |
| 3.5 great | mikep87 | September 4th 23 |
| 3.5 great | Spec | September 2nd 23 |
| 3.0 good | Ben STAFF | September 2nd 23 |
| 4.5 superb | ian b | September 2nd 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | tom79 | September 2nd 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Arvesynd | September 1st 23 |
| 4.5 superb | foxxxy | September 1st 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Handers | September 1st 23 |
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