Review of Taking Back Sunday- Where You Want To Be

 

Taking Back Sunday- Where You Want To Be: In my opinion, this is one of the best albums of the year. However, this just might be because I adore TBS. Their Sophomore album came out at the end of July and is already one of the highest bought records this month. Many thought that TBS would break up after losing guitarist/singer JOHN NOLAN and Bassist SHAUN COOPER. However, after a short break (a few hours or days), they recruited two of there very good friends. Breaking Pangea opened for TBS on their Takeover Tour in Spring 2003; the bands quickly bonded and stayed good friends. After John and Shaun left, the remaining band members had a unanimous vote to recruit Breaking Pangea’s FRED MASCHERINO and MATT RUBANO to the band. (John and Shaun currently are in their own band named Straylight Run.) This album differs a minimal amount from TBS’ first album, Tell All Your Friends, which came out in 2002. Fred, now on vocals, adds a harsher, yet more lush, tone to TBS’ already "heartcore" nature. And rather than dealing with specific break-up incidents, Where You Want To Be deals with the general aching in heart break.

5 Stars