WSTR - Identity Crisis (August 31st, 2018) Album

Released via Hopeless Records. First single "Bad To The Bone" premiered on Radio 1 and drops at midnight on June 4th.

 

Thank god, for a second it looked like there would be a British pop punk band who weren't signed to Hopeless.

I quite like the stuff of theirs I've had foist on me by Spotify so I'll keep an eye on this.

 

Moose Blood, Neck Deep, Trash Boat and these? Doesn't seem like too many?

 

Roam.

 

I’m a fan of the band but the new song is one of my least favorite songs they’ve ever done.

 

A band so bland I forgot they existed.

 

Still blows my mind how they got progressively worse with each new release

 

This band sounds like a copy of Neck Deep that does Neck Deep better than Neck Deep and there aren’t any known creeps so I’m game.

Bad to the bone has me dancing

 

Yep, all correct

 

Up on spotify as well. Guy's voice sounds a little different from RGOI. Doesn't have the immediate, undeniable catchiness of "Featherweight", "Nail the Casket" etc but I dig it!

Probably gonna edit this in a few hours with it stuck in my head and retract that though.

 

Sounds a lot like American Hi Fi

 

I think I like this one the most so far.

 

Ok the singles do this album no justice at all, and they're still bangers.

Also, the rap-infused flow of the second verse of Hide Everything Sharp is super cool.

 

I enjoyed this a lot on the drive to work this morning

 

Listened through this twice today and am surprised at how much I’m liking it after not loving the singles.

 

Listened to this album on repeat for several hours tonight (by several I mean 8)..

The general theme of the album got a little old, but The Latest. Silly Me, and Riddle Me This are definitely fucking bangers.

 

Also, is this a different vocalist than who was on SKRWD?

 

Yeah this album is a lot of fun. Really liking it.

 

Same vocalist!

 

So weird. He changed his style so much between releases.

 

So this is good?

I haven't listened but they've always seemed like a just a bad imitation of Neck Deep before so I haven't properly dove in. May have to give this a go.

 

Yeah it's pretty good.

 

I've come around a lot on this album. Thought it was just alright at first but I'm really digging it lately.