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The Boy I Used to Be
Rock · 2007 · 4 tracks

The Boy I Used to Be

Nervous, jagged indie rock recorded with a raw, basement-ready grit. A sharp snapshot of teenage restlessness and interlocking guitar precision.

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It's the band before they got famous and shiny, just raw guitars and teenage nerves.

A tense and unpolished exploration of adolescent uncertainty driven by sharp, kinetic guitar work.

The Boy I Used to Be · vs · Bombay Bicycle Club
Intense+3.3σ

The vocals lean far further into intense than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 4 Tracks
01
The Hill
4:05
02
Sixteen
4:08
03
Open House
3:02
04
Cancel on Me
5:21
Moments Worth Waiting For
the sudden shift into the frantic, interlocking guitar climax of Cancel on Me
the skeletal and vulnerable opening notes of The Hill that set a stark tone for the EP
the way the bassline carries the melodic weight during the verses of Sixteen
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