“…no collaboration with Watt has proven to be a better match than Hackney Diamonds, The Rolling Stones’ twenty-fourth full-length album and arguably their best work in decades.”
“…no collaboration with Watt has proven to be a better match than Hackney Diamonds, The Rolling Stones’ twenty-fourth full-length album and arguably their best work in decades.”
With fourteen songs that channel feelings of heartbreak, solitary confinement, and depression, Kahan has brought forth his best material, showing that sometimes all you need is a guitar and your voice to get your point across.
…”The objective remains the same as any of their past records: …Is Committed is part verbal decimation, part therapy session for recapping the events of the tumultuous last few years.”
…an intermediary between albums - a chance for the band to stop, take stock of what they’ve done over nearly fifteen years of work amidst multiple lineup changes, and show off the styles and musicianship they’ve fostered ever since.
It’s a fitting swan song for a band that feels like they’ve gone as far as they can, and it features some of the best songs they’ve ever written.
Saviors ranks among some of Green Day’s finest work in recent years, proving that some things truly do get better with age, wisdom, and experience.