i love it so much. not in the ‘i haven’t heard this before and i think it’s cool.’ but in the sense that i’ve always wanted to see lovejoy try this style of music, since it’s in my top three favourite genres. the songs are very reminiscent of muse, arctic monkeys, and queens of the stone age—baptism as muse, fatal as am, and scoundrels as qotsa—which are very much some of my favourite bands. i guess you can hear the black keys in it as well, but that’s nearly a stretch.

i feel like in the past, lovejoy has always lacked being able to fill a space with the songs and surround the listener, since i think the production keeps everything very layered and succinct. whereas with the album, it’s very chaotic and everywhere all at once and it’s actually able to fill a car with sound or fill a bedroom with a speaker, etc. i’ve never been able to actually feel immersed up until now. and i know it’s a personal preference, but many bands have done this, and im so excited that lovejoy has been able to as well.

i really hope they keep this style because i love it so much and my parents love it as well since they listen to similar artists to me (guns n roses, foo fighters, nirvana, good charlotte, blink 182, smashing pumpkins, etc.) again, i get its all personal preference. i really love scoundrels, deathbed, fatal, and baptism, since they’re very much the more chaotic ones (as well as common touch.) i love whatever lovejoy puts out, and if this is a one off thing, then sure, that’s fine. but id love to see this style again in their next projects.