Diary

Probably list worthy to represent the genre, but not to my taste.

It has a good style, however I think it fails to take off, most of the album feels flat, stuck in a cycle with the same intensity, there are instruments that stand out or feel too loud. Their main singles defend them enough.

This band has been on my periphery for ages and it’s on me for not listening to them sooner. The highs here were great, a mix of charging/simmering instrumentals coupled with perfectly insidious vocal delivery that yield some haunting hard rock. The lows unfortunately drag the whole LP down to a sludgy crawl (hence the rating) and could definitely be trimmed to make this a leaner, meaner LP. That being said I will be returning to more than a few tracks off of this one and look forward to diving into the Sunny Day discography!

I prefer screamo

A fucking classic and one of my favorite album covers

Siri, please play 1994 Sub Pop radio

Kind of a predecessor to Pop Punk. Bridging the early 90s gap of styles. Not incredible but enjoyable.