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Universal acclaim- based on 39 Ratings

  • Summary: The second full-length release for the Welsh pop-punk band was produced by Jeremy McKinnon, Tom Denney, and Andrew Wade.
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Gold Steps
I've been stuck in the middle pages, Hung up on a cross that I created, Built out of the bones that I've been breaking. The sign you said you... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. Kerrang!
    Aug 17, 2015
    100
    Neck Deep are the most fully formed British rock band to rise to prominence in ages. And in Life's Not Out To Get You they haven't as much made a record as created a world. [15 Aug 2015, p.50]
  2. Alternative Press
    Aug 17, 2015
    90
    Attention Citizens of Warped: Life's Not Out To Get You is the album you've been craving. [Sep 2015, p.96]
  3. Aug 17, 2015
    80
    Their newest full-length feels both quintessential and refreshing, a modern classic which sees the band growing into more confident versions of themselves.
  4. Aug 28, 2015
    70
    Drawing on the classic amped-up sound of '90s acts like Sum 41 and New Found Glory, Neck Deep are at the vanguard of the pop-punk revival.
  5. Aug 17, 2015
    70
    The band have played it relatively safe, changing little from the upbeat pop-punk formula established on 2014's Wishful Thinking, but have still managed to cram some undeniably catchy moments into this new set.
  6. So really what Neck Deep have here is something that is both faithful to its influences, and striving to be free of them. What that creates is an album that, though narrowly defined, is still working through something of an identity crisis.
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  1. Mar 11, 2021
    10
    Absolutely stunning album with no duds. Full of feel-good pop punk songs that you just don't hear anymore. The songwriting and performances onAbsolutely stunning album with no duds. Full of feel-good pop punk songs that you just don't hear anymore. The songwriting and performances on this album are top notch Expand
  2. Aug 31, 2015
    10
    Insanely catchy theres not one song that disappoints on this album and is reminiscent of a day to remembers punk songs as well as blink 182Insanely catchy theres not one song that disappoints on this album and is reminiscent of a day to remembers punk songs as well as blink 182 songs like Can't kick up the roots, the beach is for lovers not losers and i hope this comes back to haunt you are the true standout for this album that is repayable over and over Expand