| "Singer James Diers is introspective without the usually attendant navel-gazing, and matches the ebb and flow of the album with a unique delivery that never becomes tiresome or tearfully sentimental. What's more, the boys in Love-cars know their way around a hook. 'Ultimate Goodbye,' 'Lovesick Sigh,' and especially 'Call Me Sometime, Best Friends Forever,' with its expertly crafted high-school yearbook/lesson plan nostalgia ('Your yearbook is the Grand fucking Canyon / Your yearbook is the universe expanding'), all beat the pants off of anything in major rotation on AAA radio. Jesus. If there were any justice in the world of popular music, this band would be splayed all over VH-1, and in prime time, too, right where Train and Jimmy Eat World normally tread. If you've found yourself cursing under your breath at any of the fey, mewling malnourished who are responsible for some of the most uninspired rock music, underground or otherwise, in recent memory, I'M FRIENDS WITH ALL STARS is an eloquent and well-crafted antidote." |
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