“Hard to be happy when the world is getting heavy.” This line arrives during the refrain of the final song — “Big Doink ”— but honestly, it summarizes the world’s need for Pet Symmetry’s latest album, Big Symmetry.
Sure, it was born out of a different year’s tough times — namely 2021’s COVID pandemic and the interruption it inflicted upon touring — but feels like it was recorded yesterday because, well, we could all use an infectiously celebratory album about love right now.
Such genuine positivity is new for the band. The more power pop-leaning side project from emo veterans Evan Weiss (Into It. Over It.), Marcus Nuccio (Ratboys), and Erik Czaja (Dowsing), Pet Symmetry has a long history of planting…
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