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You're Not As _____ As You Think
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 18 Ratings

  • Summary: The third full-length release for the Connecticut-based indie rock band led by Cam Boucher was produced and mixed by Mike Sapone.
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A Portrait Of
I've been feeling suicidal And if I need remind you it's not the coming of my heart and my brain I was thinking about how great it would be if I... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. The 405
    Mar 17, 2017
    90
    It’s emotionally rich, and intelligent, and purposeful, and firmly cohesive.
  2. Alternative Press
    Mar 15, 2017
    90
    It's an album that holds nothing back. [Apr 2017, p.82]
  3. Paste Magazine
    Mar 15, 2017
    89
    YNA_AYT is without a doubt the best work of Sorority Noise’s still-nascent career, and an early frontrunner for one of the best albums of 2017. It is emotionally complex, yet full of uplifting melodies that feel designed to pull the listener--or at least Boucher--out of the dark corners of the mind.
  4. Exclaim
    Mar 15, 2017
    80
    Recorded with Mike Sapone of both Brand New and Taking Back Sunday fame, the album has a lot in common with the former's Deja Entendu. It's also another fierce entry in the more recent catalogue of young and earnest bands like the Hotelier and Modern Baseball who are pushing a similar message of hope in the midst of struggle.
  5. DIY Magazine
    Mar 17, 2017
    80
    The album’s most engaging moment arrives in ‘A Portrait Of’. Giving voice to anxieties and doubts only to shatter through them with a screaming crescendo of steadfast resolve, this is the sound of Sorority Noise at their strongest.
  6. Kerrang!
    Mar 15, 2017
    80
    It's a beautiful, bruised patchwork: all fragile optimism and ebbing regret. [18 Mar 2017, p.53]
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  7. Sputnikmusic
    Mar 22, 2017
    46
    You’re Not As ___ As You Think feels like the conclusion to something that was never started in the first place, it hasn’t earned any of the things it takes without asking, it’s a shallow pretender desperately fumbling in the deep end, and it’s an unfortunate development for a band that used to write dumb, fun songs about girls.

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  1. Positive: 3 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. Mayfieldja
    Dec 29, 2017
    10
    Sorority Noise brings you an album that is battered and bruised. It’s lyrics push forward a contemplation on life, death, and the purpose ofSorority Noise brings you an album that is battered and bruised. It’s lyrics push forward a contemplation on life, death, and the purpose of it all. Though that might seem cliche, it is anything but. It is a dark and tragic masterpiece that gives off the feeling that every ounce of energy and pain was left in the recording studio but there is an overarching sense of hope portrayed throughout the melodies. I am absolutely in love with it. Tracks that stand out are “A Portrait Of”, “A Better Sun”, and “Second Letter from St. Julien” .… Expand
  2. nereed678
    May 20, 2017
    10
    It's amazing how a band can go from indie/pop punk one minute and write a beautiful album full of self doubt and loss. Great way to start off the year
  4. DavidWasHere
    Aug 10, 2017
    8
    While the band is reliant on old emo tricks with their sound, it still is some damn solid emo music filled with unique composition and raw,While the band is reliant on old emo tricks with their sound, it still is some damn solid emo music filled with unique composition and raw, muscular, and fiery instrumentation and singing from frontman Cameron Boucher, and lyrics that contains the heart-on-their-sleeves aesthetic of emo with deep and personal lyrics of death and depression. Definitely a must listen for emo fans!… Expand

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