Say Anything – Say Anything

Posted: December 13, 2009 
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By far their most mature, energetic, and pop sounding album yet, the self-titled release by Say Anything is an emo rock kick to the eardrum.  The album is a much more consistent style, unlike their previous effort “In Defense of the Genre”, which frequently varied in style throughout the double album guest starring a plethora of talented musicians (including Chris Carrabbra, Hayley Williams, and Gerard Way, to name a few).  “In Defense of the Genre” was more of a homage to a lot of other bands and genres that the band was into, as declared by frontman Max Bemis in numerous articles, whereas “Say Anything” is more of a showcase on what the band has built on their own.  Despite being a more mature album, Bemis still continues to sing of young bohemian living, the error of pop culture thinking, while sprinkling the album with emo themes of love, hate and death.  Bemis even finds time to hypocritically insult the Kings of Leon for “writing songs about girls while babies with guns are beheading their friends”.  Barring Bemis’ somewhat erratic, confusing and bizarre lyrics at times, the aestetic nature of this album makes it definitely worth listening to.  The majority of songs contained on this album are also overall very appealing to the ears, making for an easier listen than usual.

Songs To Listen To:  Hate Everyone, Do Better, Eloise, Crush’d

Rating: 4 arbitrary points out of 5.

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