I must admit that I have never thoroughly listened to The Lawrence Arms. I remember they played Punk Rock Holiday in 2018. but I somehow missed their show due to drink or two that being last day of the festival on Friday as I recall.

For those that don˙t know, The Lawrence Arms are coming from Chicago and are playing excellent melodic punkrock with drive, energy, emotion and conviction. This record melted my face off, broke my heart, made me jumping with joy and delivered catharsis at the same time. Mixture of melodic singing, more harsh melodic screaming and fast punkrock, beautiful choruses and superb melodies made this record one of the best that came out this shitty festival free and gig free year. God damn, I miss gigs and hanging out at gigs singing along to my favorite bands. This record is outstanding with songs like Quiet Storm, Dead Man˙s Coat, Ghostwriter being my favorites on this record, but rest of the material is also fantastic.

10/10