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Opener “Monstar” is another of the album’s best tracks. Filled with electronic beats, claps, computerized voices—à la Kanye West sampling Daft Punk??piano, and strings layered together, the song continuously builds up a seemingly weightless sound. This is showcased as the chorus chants, “I’m back / Celebrate life,” which seems to be exactly what this song is trying...
...most radical change on the album is its lead single, the effervescent “Cousins.” Racing along like “A-Punk?? on speed, it’s an unusually stimulating highlight. The way Koenig spits out convoluted lyrics like “Dad was a risk taker / His was a shoemaker / You greatest hits 2006 little list-maker” is admirable given how little time each verse allots...
...recent years, Dashboard Confessional has balanced its identity between two disparate sounds: urgent punk??like breakthrough single “Hands Down”—and lovelorn, acoustic balladry, such as the early fan-favorite “Screaming Infidelities.” Carrabba’s newest effort. “Alter the Ending,” strikes a middle ground between these two extremes, but the final product is somewhat inconsistent; “Alter the Ending” excels in the realm of emotional power ballads but also contains a great deal...
...sure this is it either. I don’t read John Mayer’s or Ashton Kutcher’s Twitters, and I can say with certainty that I own more John Mayer songs and have watched more Punk??d episodes than minutes of basketball (Shaq playing or not). I haven’t yet figured out why I’ve bookmarked THE_REAL_SHAQ, and I don’t really care to. Unlike just about everything else in my life that I analyze—thesis arguments, post-graduation plans, the Yankees?...
...subtle piano licks gives rise to a sense of pensiveness not heard on other tracks. Though it slightly builds cohesion as it goes along, the album lacks much substance or integrity. “200 Million Thousand” is as contradictory as the “flower punk?? mantra, featuring tediously rebellious punk-rock anthems with several truly genre-blending gems interspersed. When the Black Lips adhere to their own descriptions and are able to carefully mix the beauty with the ugly, the bright with the dreary, the album is as full of energy as their concert...