When AJJ dropped their eerily prophetic album, Good Luck Everybody, in 2020, one may have asked themselves how the band could possibly top themselves. Nevertheless, the record’s successor, Disposable Everything, has seemingly done just that. Written in the aftermath of a global pandemic, their 8th studio album and Hopeless Records debut is a strong body of work. In addition to signing to a new label, this is also the band’s first time recording as a quintet, with the recent induction of Kevin Higuchi on drums. Album opener “Strawberry (Probably)” comes in with guns blazing. The rowdy bop carries itself with it the spirit of an excitable puppy that’s finally been let off leash at the dog park. Higuchi immediately proves his mettle, ripping through fills behind the kit, as every member...