Harmlessness

The emo band's second album is a step forward, increasing the intensity with more careful arrangements. If anything, it has more going on than the debut, but it’s all done more tastefully, and the album’s warm, open production makes it easier to take in just how sophisticated these arrangements are.

With nearly as many words in their name as band members, Connecticut unit the World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die empl...

The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die may have a word count-friendly name, and more current and past members than words in it, but their music is immediate, catchy, and emotionally direct. With influences firmly in the 2000s emo an