![]() ![]() The two ballads, "She's the Prettiest Girl." and "Stage 4 Fear of Trying" are spectacular, intimate moments on the records, and that's completely ignoring the lyrics. Short, brutal torrents of hardcore riffs and shouted gang vocals are entrenched in most tracks of the LP, such as opener "All I want is Nothing", and mid-album jams "Tragician" and "Neverenders". While this album lacks the hooks and sugary goodness of "Hesitant Alien", it more than makes up for it with energy, passion, and distortion, amounting to the best old-school punk imitation Iero, or any other member of MCR has ever done, or ever will do. Frank emerged from the trial with an intense artistic statement to convey, and it's that he's pissed off and in pain. He became a recluse, living, writing, and recording in his basement, crafting the music on this record. ![]() In an interview with AP magazine, Iero revealed that much of the music for this project was borne in 20 while he was suffering intense pain from digestive issues. What resulted was a new band and some of the best music of his career. While Gerard was off ripping off britpop and David Bowie, his former band-mate Frank Iero was dealing with his own demons.
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