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proved me wrong." Eric Snider at the Daily Herald also had praise for this debut, saying that it "is brimming with melodic, fully developed emo/indie sound. It is mainstream and catchy without being trendy, and deep but not pretentious." Finally, Brad Filick at CMJ New Music Weekly found that
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has staying power. He described the record as having "heartbreaking lyrics delivered passionately over syncopated, but poppy guitar crunch that has come to define the term 'emo.'" He continued, however, to note that even "if emo goes out of style,
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made a very strong debut as an independent release. In its first week, it was the most added record on college radio. The record also made a significant run on CMJ's New Music Charts. In its second week,
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fame, in Miami. The new mixes from Miami did not please anyone either. Eventually, when it came time to master the record, it was sent to Jason
Livermore, one of Bob Hoag's close acquaintances, at the
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gives listeners a lot to love." While not totally engaged in the emo movement of the early 2000s, Sikes found that
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