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Toxic Positivity
Rock · 2023 · 11 tracks · 30m

Toxic Positivity

High-gloss post-hardcore that weaponizes modern anxiety. A lean, explosive collection of anthems for the exhausted and the cynical.

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It's a thirty-minute scream into a pillow that somehow has a great hook.

Relentless, confrontational energy with moments of exhausted tenderness.

Toxic Positivity · vs · The Used
Mental Health+1.8σ

The writing leans notably further into mental health than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks · 30m
01
Worst I’ve Ever Been
2:50
02
Numb
2:54
03
I Hate Everybody
2:48
04
Pinky Swear
2:13
05
Headspace
3:35
06
Cherry
2:55
07
Dopamine
2:37
08
Dancing With a Brick Wall
2:39
09
Top of the World
2:56
10
House of Sand
2:00
11
Giving Up
3:10
Moments Worth Waiting For
The jagged, abrasive opening riff of 'Worst I’ve Ever Been' that immediately signals a return to the band's heavier roots.
The massive, radio-ready chorus of 'Numb' that contrasts sharply with its bleak lyrical admission of emotional paralysis.
The frantic, sub-three-minute pacing of 'Pinky Swear' which captures the band's classic chaotic energy in a modern frame.
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