It was more fun catching how many times they ripped off Pet Sounds and Sgt. Pepper's than it was actually listening to the 'music.' Take all the great (or not-so-great) ideas from 60's psych-pop and make the ideas half-baked and uninspired. The Harrison leads and circus themes are such blatant rips and are really only put in with hopes that the usual Hot Topic customer has never heard a Beatles album before and then think this album is "weird and quirky" to make them feel special.
The most you could say about this album is that same of the chord progressions are rather surprising for the genre and scene PATD appeals to, but as scenes go, it's sure as hell nothing new.





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