one of the very best ever

I'll be 50 next year and grew up with the Beatles, Stones, The Who, Zep and all those great prog rock bands of the 70s and punk and metal, the New Wave of the early 80s, Skinny Puppy and the Electronica movement, all the way to the present. Jazz classical you name it. And this is by far one of the best recordings ever. It ranks up there with those very few contemporary recordings such as Radiohead's "OK Computer" that are just exceptional. Finally a songwriter that gets the honesty of relationships and lost love without the cheese. And the music connects to the unified field. There is still great music being composed and Gibbard, Walla and Co. are making it happen.

Finally A Band that Returns the Art of Songwriting to Music

This album speaks volumes to a master song writer. You'll quickly appreciate this band when you listen to the lyrics and how it will make you understand how the human soul is capable of the most beautiful art that binds us. Music that got me through my cancer....

Good Band

I like this band. But I don't think of them as Emo. They're far from it in fact I just would label them more of alternative. If anyone takes offense to that oh well. I love music and I'm not afraid to state that I listen to a variety of all music. This is far from the emo groups which to me are more of the Fall Out Boys, MXPX, Good Charlotte, Simple Plan, etc..... They've been mislabeled. Oh well they're a great band they belong in the music world unlike bands like Coldplay who should be put in the [...] bin and never be played again.