It took me a few runs through before I started to get it. There's something there. Really something there.

The band fools you into thinking that there is some really hokey things that are going to happen to this album in "The Beloved". Cheesy tracks fool you just long enough (thankfully, only a short 1:18 stint) and throw you directly into Star Struck, like you never had to listen to the first track at all. I don't condone this method, but "The Beloved" might have fit better into a different slot on the album.

"1983" is reminiscent of all the good things about pop punk; it's melancholy, it's achy, it's sexy. Love it, hate it, cry to it a little.

The album is great... in pieces. There's some loss in production quality in a few songs, making the transitions not as smooth as they could be. I had to ask myself a few times, did I not download the whole song? What happened here? Fade out is not necessarily a good quality for a punk band. They'll figure it out though, I have faith.

The album shows a lot of promise for the band; I haven't seen a lot of good punk/emo come out of the Southeast lately, but ATTWY has my hopes rising that sitting in this heat-hole down south will turn in my favor as more bands like this come out of the woodwork.

Best first impression: "Fall Fearless Empire"
Best download and listen to on repear all week: "1983"

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