This is an early contender for album of the year. The album opens with the single and instant classic Help I'm Alive. The synth pop music and Emily Haines voice bring the anxiety of the lyrics to life. The song Gold, Guns, and Girls is an anthem of anyone who has ever dated someone or ever had a friend who is annoyingly never satisfied with anything. "All The lace and the skin in the shop couldn't get you off, all the toys and the tools in the box, couldn't get you off" The songs ends with the refrain "more, more, more, Is It ever gonna be enough" with the pulsating beat in the background adding more and more urgency as the refrain repeats. Other songs like Sick Muse remind me of some of the best stuff of some of my favorite bands like Garbage and The Cardigens. Every song on the album's is produced well and explodes off of the speakers. This came out during a month with a lot of other good music but I find myself wanting to listen to this more then anything else. Overall Grade A