Apparently Alex Warren decided I needed to experience every human emotion over the course of one album. First of all, his VOICE. The only way my brain knows how to describe it is hot chocolate made with milk instead of water. It’s smooth and thick and warm and cozy, and yes, that is a weird fucking analogy, but listen to him and tell me I’m wrong. “Cry Wolf” was the immediate standout and probably my favorite on the album. “Why would I try to ruin your life when you’re doing it by yourself?” SIR??? Basically that entire song could go under favorite lyrics. Then “Are You Having Fun, Alex?” had me actually crying, and finding out the story behind it made it approximately 700 times worse. “Only Thing Left” came along immediately ready to cause a completely different category of emotional damage. Then somehow we’re dancing to “Fever Dream.” Then “Won’t Go Back Again” has me wanting to punch a pillow and scream into the void. So apparently the listening experience is: crying on the floor → dancing → screaming into the void. Even “A Fine Place to Die,” which I’d already heard quite a bit before the album came out, doesn’t feel stale or overplayed. It still fits beautifully here. This album is warm, angry, heartbreaking, cathartic, and ridiculously easy to listen to. Alex Warren can make me cry, make me dance, and make me want to fight someone within the span of a few tracks. Also, someone on here gave this two stars and I just need to know: did we listen to the same album??? Favorites: Cry Wolf, Won’t Go Back Again, Only Thing Left, A Fine Place to Die Favorite lyric: “Why would I try to ruin your life when you’re doing it by yourself?”