While HBH was full of bangers, it didn't resonate with me. This one did. The themes of feeling isolated, of being sick of the polarization, of wanting human connection. This is a guy who grew up on Paul Simon and Billy Joel, just like I did, and you can hear it in the timbre and the poetry. The sort of humble introspective quality and the determination to find something better. Easily my album of the year, I'll be surprised if anything tops it for me.

I passed this album up when it first came out after a brief skim, which was a huge mistake. I was a massive Vulf fan, but at the time I was too swamped with other stuff to give this a fair listen. While I got past dating nearly a decade ago, most of these songs just go hard in a fun way. Plain Jane Heroin though, that touches some real trauma in a real way and I love him for it. So glad I got to see him live and convince me to go back lol.

One of the best Thrash albums I've heard in a hot minute, Gizz is always a good time even at their blandest -- and this is anything but bland. When this first came out, my buddy and I listened through twice on a road trip and it was just a blast.