Often times, the best emo takes widely-experienced personal struggles and opens up about them in a cracking, upper register that begs to be scream-sung along to. For over a decade, Free Throw have been a band that does that, and their fifth LP Lessons That We Swear to Keep is one of their strongest examples of this yet. Vocalist Cory Castro tackles mental health struggles, addiction, existential crises, balancing a relationship with tour life, parasocial relationships, and the very concept of dealing with/singing about the same issues year after year. You don’t need to have had the exact same experiences as him to feel what he’s saying and apply it to your own life, and the explosive energy behind all of these songs really invites you to get up, move around, and join in. For a ...
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