Release Year: 7.8 / 10
Rating: 7.8 / 10
Favorite Song(s): "If This Tour Doesn't Kill You, I Will" / "DVP"
Least Favorite Song(s): "The Coast" / "Pine Point"
The Dream is Over is the 2nd album by the band PUP. I didn't really have any prior insight into the band past listening to DVP, and then a few weeks later hearing "If This Tour Doesn't Kill You, I Will" and becoming more interested. I don't have any real frame of reference outside of this album for the band, unlike the sELF album I did a review of last time, which I've had on play for years.
This album is still a really great listen. I think the first two songs are the best by far, but the album also contains other gems in it. It's been on play since I've done the first full listen of the album, looping it as I've done workouts these last few weeks.
The opening songs "If This Tour Doesn't Kill You, I Will" and "DVP" to me are their own mini-experience. I can see why, at the time of writing this, there's a video on YouTube singling out these two to play together. The transition between them is so sleek and both of them are ultimately just fun songs.
While "The Coast" and "Pine Point" are my least favorite tracks, I don't think by any means they're bad tracks. I think The Coast helps break up the album, but personally it's not something I've tended to revisit. Same as Pine Point, it's a decent album closer, but I don't revisit it as often.
I don't have so much to say about the album cover, except I think it fits, no issues with it. Overall, this is an album I've revisited many times since to casually listen to, and at some point, I would like to listen to more of the band's discography.
11:47pm ... 4.16.2024