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  • Artist(s): Will Yip, Maxim Bemis, Karl Kuehn
  • Summary: The eighth full-length release for the Los Angeles emo/pop-punk band led by Max Bemis may be its last as it goes on hiatus.
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  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
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  1. Kerrang!
    Jan 30, 2019
    80
    Funny and poignant, it marks Max out as one of the most intriguing songwriters of his scene. [12 Jan 2019, p.55]
  2. Jan 30, 2019
    80
    A profoundly human listen, which sees the band bow out proudly, for now at least.
  3. 70
    The filler tracks don't resonate at all but still, for what it's worth, this record doesn't say just anything... for fans of Max and the band over the years, it says everything.
  4. Jan 30, 2019
    65
    Oliver Appropriate, with its clap-along drumming patterns and stripped-back production, sounds like an elder statesman of emo gathering his fellow washed up frontmen around a campfire for a story or two. It’s a fitting ending for a band that always stood a step or two outside the scene, pointing and laughing.
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  1. Feb 4, 2019
    7
    Max Bemis gives us one more album before SA departs indefinitely and it’s a beautiful goodbye that fans are sure to enjoy. Say Anything findsMax Bemis gives us one more album before SA departs indefinitely and it’s a beautiful goodbye that fans are sure to enjoy. Say Anything finds a cohesive sound that properly blends all earlier efforts and sends off Say Anything on a high note. 7.5 out of 10
    Tracks to Enjoy: “The Band Fuel”, “Captive Audience” & “Send You Off”
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