This album was quite possibly the trickiest album to rank in my 2014 top 20 list… I knew that I wanted to include it in my top 20 after giving it repeated listens throughout the year I just wasn’t sure if it should crack the top 10 or not.
After giving a number of spins in November, I settled on it being #10. If you’re a fan of the Strokes or the Libertines - you’re in for a treat. These guys hail from Brooklyn and reportedly have a strong obsession for the Smiths. You can kinda hear that in a number of their songs too… One of the strangest things I’ve read about the band this year was that the sound was incredibly derivative.
I acknowledge that they sound like a number of other great pop bands, but that still doesn’t mean that this isn’t a great pop record. The album is filled with incredible/catch tracks that have made it incredibly rewarding to revisit again and again.
Recommended tracks