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Title: just a little bummed
Review: Yeah, so this one just didn't do it for me. I've been touched by every Jars album thus far, but can't manage to make myself like this one. After the personal sounds and emotions on their self-titled debut, I fully expected to enjoy their return to more raw sounds after the experimentation of "If I Left the Zoo" (which I also enjoyed), but this album left me disappointed. It felt forced. They've grown up musically and the sound doesn't, and shouldn't, work for them anymore. Also, the lyrics of "The Eleventh Hour" didn't feel as personal and interesting as their earlier stuff and really felt distant from the music. Songs I really enjoyed included the title track, "I Need You", and "The Scarlet Letter". Nothing else really struck me. Bummer.
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