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Title: Whut happened?!?
Review: I'm getting to the point where I'm almost wishing that certain indy bands don't get noticed by "major" labels. This album was on my list because I loved Take This To Your Grave. I don't generally like the whole "power pop" genre (re: Good Charlotte, an EXTREMELY OVERRATED band), but TTTYG's smart songwriting and better than the norm rhythms hooked me. This album however suffers from the same problem that most indy bands have when they jump to the "big time", a general disconnect with what made you great. It's why I prefer Tell All Your Friends over Where You Want To Be; The Fake Sound of Progress over Start Something; Full Collapse over War All The Time(even though it's a good album); they just seem to lose something in the translation. The songwriting is still there but the actual music is the same cookie cutter stuff that MTV addicts eat up and vote for on those stupid countdowns. I just hoped for better from them. Label me disappointed......again.
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