ALBUM REVIEW: Everything Is Changing by Begin Again

LA based Begin Again recently put out Everything is Changing, a three track release, which has climbed the bandcamp charts very quickly yet unsurprisingly because of how good this release is. I think what struck me most about this release is how personal it is to front woman, Ashley, whose story leading up to this release is one that's known to me through outside sources.
 Production wise, this release is solid, with some really great riffs, leads and a catchy bass and drumline. The vocals are solid, and I think have a lot more feeling backed to them than Ashley's tenure in her former band. Another few things that got me really stoked on this release were how very much resemblant of 2000's post hardcore and pop punk this record was, as a sharp contrast to it's pet pop punk revival and the like. While this release is audibly very well put together, where I think it really shines is in it's lyrical material. It's heartfelt, honest, and on one track particular though provoking as a retrospective and at the same time contemporary look at pop punk as a genre, and how clique-y it is as a whole. Even if that track is apart of one particular scene, it's most definitely an interesting way of looking at one's own scene wherever they might be.

 This release earns itself a solid 9/10, for not only being sonically pleasing, but having some of the most heartfelt lyrical material I've heard in a long time.


9/10

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