The Promise RingBest The Promise Ring Albums Ranked

Nothing Feels Good

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8.6

“Is Nothing Feels Good the quintessential emo record? Maybe, maybe not, but you could do a lot worse than starting here. Though now 18 years old, the Promise Ring's landmark sophomore album retains the freewheeling spirit its members, then in their early twenties, imbued it with. Listening to it isn't about being transported back in time to their youth, or yours for that matter—it's about encapsulating all the frenetic, nervous joy that comes with new adulthood.”

Wood / Water

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3.2

“Davey Von Bohlen had a spongy growth clipped from his brain around the time his band, the Promise Ring, issued a song called "Make Me a Mixtape." It's understandable that, in his condition, the about-30-years-old lisp-singer would re-evaluate his and the Promise Ring's place in the Grand Scheme. So it's odd, then, that his latest album, which jumps from the one-finger "power" pop of previous recor”

Electric Pink - EP

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0.7

“The Spinal Tap-ian response to this unnecessary EP would simply be "electric stink." Alas, I must now waste time and brain coming up with approximately 600 words justifying the sub-1.0 rating above. Certainly this is more time than the Promise Ring spent writing these four songs. And this is not speculation. It takes approximately 0.7 seconds to conceptualize these songs, because they've already b”