“She hasn't had this much fun in years, reminding us that her original sound was a blueprint for today's pop-punk boom”
“The last album from everyone’s favourite tie-over-T-shirt pioneer was 2019’s underwhelming, dreich Head Above Water. Which, thanks to the pandemic, feels like yesterday and a decade ago all at once. Love Sux finds Avril Lavigne returning to the early 00s pop-punk roots that made her name and produced MTV-saturating hits such as Sk8er Boi. It’s a nostalgic vibe heightened by this being Lavigne’s fi”
“If you think Avril Lavigne is just back to relive her glory days as the Princess of Pop-punk with new album ‘Love Sux’, you only need to listen to opening track ‘Cannonball’ to be proved wrong. Sure, the song starts with a burst of buoyant guitars and the angsty scream of “like a ticking time bomb, I’m about to explode”, but less than 20 seconds in, the tune veers drastically into hyper-pop terri”
“Avril Lavigne walks the fine line of nostalgia on Love Sux”
“**Favorite tracks:** CANNONBALL, LOVE SUX, KISS ME LIKE THE WORLD IS ENDING **Least favorite track:** AVALANCHE [Watch the review](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROdGlntndpg)”
