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I had low expectations based off other reviews, but I thought this was fine. It's pretty toothless and not likely anything I will return to, but it's okay for a one-off listen. I thought the run from Lights Go Out to Chica 305 was enjoyable.

John Summit seems like a nice guy, but what really drew me to this album was his comments about how EDM is currently all the same. Like most, I thought this was a moment where it didn't seem he could see past his own nose because he is also one of the leading contributors to that problem. Then I thought maybe he was working on something bigger, more grand, and envisioning something fresh. Up until the release of "ALL THE TIME", I let the hype get the best of me. While I like "ALL THE TIME", it tells me what I need to know. Just more of the same. I've written at least a dozen reviews by this point, talking about how EDM has turned into a cookie-cutter genre. I don't want to do more of the same here, but John Summit leaves me with little other choice. Pretty much every song on here falls under that generic umbrella, with the only real change being the range of vocal artists he collaborates with. This almost hurts more than it benefits, as the exact choice of artists does not all contribute to making this feel like an album. It's boring, unfortunately. The only standout thing on here is "WITH ME" with Julia Wolf, and if you listen to Julia Wolf, you know what the song is good.

(writing thoughts of each song at time of listening and yes I listened to each song in full unfortunately). Hardly ever is it difficult to please me when it comes to music but man this was just awful. Uninspiring, boring, repetitive, and cardboard. If you like this project and or the artist don't get mad at me. this is just my opinion and music is subjective. i HATE "STATUS:AWAY" it sounds like a shitty beat that plays over a shitty ad for a shitty mobile game. I'm sorry to whoever chose this album but this opening sucks "SHADES OF BLUE" this is awful. Imagine if you took a geometry dash beat at the very beginning of the level and it didn't progressively get more layered with more instruments and sounds on loop with some good but uninspired and bland vocals. I just hate it. "SATA" man this sound is either really bad or just not for me. Its like one of those youtube videos you would watch when you were 8 years old titled "top 10 coolest water slides in the world" but, its somehow even worse? "WITH ME" Julia did the best she could with this awful instrumental. I appreciate the mixing and production with the vocals but everything else is just really bland and boring. "DON'T BELIEVE IT" I don't believe how terrible this is. Does John have any sort of variety in his musical capabilities? seriously? once again the vocalist is great but everything else is a just a highly concentrated mess. "LIGHTS GO OUT" I know his fans thought this was the most edgy and Radical/Extremist shit they ever heard 😭 "MESS W/ ME" I don't know at this point "CHICA 305" I like Feid on this song he did all the heavy lifting. Damn near enjoyed this track. never heard of him but, he was good. once again i dont like anything else. "ALL THE TIME" im done trying to give thoughts behind each track so im just going to begin describing them in 5 or less words. This is really fucking dreadfull. "OOO" Interlude. "SHADOWS" Like every other track. "TIME WITH YOU" i could make this. "CYANIDE" cinematic. dont like it tho.