5.5
"You can’t be a rich man if your soul is a swimming pool of quicksand" a provoked Slug spits right before the final hook on the third track, Star Shaped Heart. And there are a lot of hooks on this album, and unfortunately ends up ruining a number of songs, most notably The World Might Not Live Through The Night, and Bitter. The title, The World Might Not Live Through The Night hints that is going to be a dub. The only songs with that type of name are post-grunge party tracks meant to appeal to middle schooled kids or a derivative crescendo-core post-rock band.
I Love You Like a Brother comes across as the same equation as their old work (GodLovesUgly) but with a more of a modern feel (God Loves Ugly came out 12 years ago) and more poppy influence. But all the basic Atmosphere roots are there. This is applicable to most of the album, the song Kanye West for example is a perfect example of this. Stylistically, the song feels like it would be a perfect fit on their album Seven's Travels. Except this time the poppy chorus actually does work well with the song.
And that's just it, previous Atmosphere fans will most likely enjoy this album. With embracing a very poppy edge and sticking to their proven style it seems as if they're making one last shot at it. In the song Arthur, Slug raps about how his best years are over and painfully reminiscing the old times.
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