Title: Not the Promise Ring i know and love
Product review: I stumbled across this record at my local alternative record store. It surprised me to see it because it was not on Jade Tree records, but Epitaph. I hate to say it, but i think The Promise Ring has sold out. Davey sounds somewhat annoyed and desperate as he sings "I've been the next big thing since i can remember me." Gone are the simple, honest songs that sounded so refreshing on their previous albums. In their place are radio-friendly pop songs with everything from sring arrangements to a backing choir. Compared even to Very Emergency, it sounds over-produced and even hackneyed at times. What let me down the most about this album is its lack of the joy we heard on Very Emergency and the previous records. Having said all that, i could be wrong and just bitter that TPR has changed their sounds so dramatically, but this album makes me doubt Davey's intentions when he sings "happiness is all the rage."
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