I don’t see how “sorry we’ve been gone” means sorry for sucking.

Possibly at least part of the reason they’ve been gone is because they’ve been sucking? To my knowledge, they wrote half an album before this, played it once, then scrapped it, almost definitely because it sucked.

Or they’re apologizing for the fact that it took so long, since they suck too much to make a new album in any sort of decent time frame.

Setting the lyrics and the “whiny singing” aside. The cd actually has great instrumentation a few of the songs. The use of an orchestra is change from every other “poppunk” band. There’s even use of a harpsichord.

Yeah, because they’re usually called indie. What about Mae? At least on The Everglow. Or how about Johnny Action Figure? Or Wilco, The New Pornographers, or Drake Bell, and so on. They all use more than just a guitar, bass, and drums.

Plus, a harpsichord? What is this? The 1600s?

But anyways, who would’ve thought that their pseudo-Baroque pop sounding album would feature something that’s in every fucking Baroque pop album. Oh. My. God. It almost makes sense.

I guess if a song’s lyrics aren’t “hmm…whatcha say” or “chocolate rain” then its not a good song to James.

Sure, they could be good, but just not great. Plus, it’s “mmm” not “hmm.” It’s not a mother fuckin’ question. Wait, it is. But it’s still fucking “mmm.”

Setting the lyrics and the “whiny singing” aside. The cd actually has great instrumentation a few of the songs. The use of an orchestra is change from every other “poppunk” band. There’s even use of a harpsichord.

I guess if a song’s lyrics aren’t “hmm…whatcha say” or “chocolate rain” then its not a good song to James.