Everyone's Talking!

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<i>Everyone’s Talking!</i> begins with a breaking of the fourth wall: “[cold open]” goes behind the scenes, with vocalist Alex Gaskarth explaining the narratives that animate an album cycle. “A few years of trauma and magic tied up with a string and a bow,” he sings. Despite this snide look at the industry at large, over 20 years into their career, All Time Low sounds as fresh and invigorated as when they broke through in the early 2000s. “SUCKERPUNCH” is a swaggering, strutting, alt-rock cut with crunching drum breaks and a surprisingly funky pre-chorus. On “Sugar,” the band teams up with singer JoJo for the most unexpectedly successful crossover collab of the year, an anthemic cut worthy of her talent for pop songwriting. Though the stories that unfold aren’t as neat as Gaskarth advertises on “[cold open],” they still go down as smoothly as ever.

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