MaeDestination: Beautiful (2003)Tooth & Nail Records Reviewer Rating: User Rating: Contributed by: Themselves (others by this writer | submit your own) Published on May 7th 2004 The last time I heard a CD that sounded this good and blew me away as much as this album did was Jimmy Eat World's masterpiece Clarity. Mae has created an emotional journey that is just as masterful as Clarity was, only masterful in a different way. Where Clarity often led me to close my eyes and just feel alive, Destination: Beautiful puts the biggest smile on my face. I can't sit still when I listen to this album. Truth be told, halfway through my first listen of Embers and Envelopes I had one of the biggest smiles I've ever had. I was excited to be hearing what I was hearing. It's been a long time since I've heard a band with such a perfcect and unique sound as Mae have. Brandtson came to mind after I heard this CD the whole way through, but Mae stands out more than Brandtson. Mae's songs just glow with meaning; beautiful guitars shine through when they need to and fall back in the mix when need be. Drumming is very solid and stands out quite nicely through out the album. A keyboard is utilized to perfection; the last forty seconds of Sun and all of Embers and Envelopes are a testemant to how much of a difference the keyboard makes. Now for the vocals... beautiful. They lean slightly towards the high end, reminiscent of Death Cab's Ben Gibbard and Jimmy Eat World's Jim Adkins, the vocals have a voice of their own. Beautiful. Embers and Envelopes, Sun, Soundtrack to Our Movie, Summertime and Goodbye, Goodnight are my favorites. Each shines with uniqueness and emotion that makes Mae so freakin good. Giving It Away and Skyline Drive are the two "ballads" I guess you could say, the two songs slow things down and bring out another side to the band that shines equally as bright. Out of the 11 tracks there is not one dud. I failed to mention the other songs only because of how much the songs I mentioned stand out.
Destination: Beautiful is about as close to a perfect album as I've heard in years. In fact, Mae may have created a perfect album. Beautifully written and played, Destination: Beautiful stands out amongst the rest of the CDs on the shelves. Purchase this album and you will be the proud owner of joy pressed to CD. Push play and let go, Mae will make the sun shine and will bring a smile to your face.
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people who liked this album also liked...Hawthorne Heights, Fallout Boy, and..other Mae, i think ive said all i need to. bleed american was better than clarity The vocalist sounds like he should be singing country music. P.S. country music sucks This album blew me away. I love it so much, it never get's old. I'd have to say that Mae is working their way into my top 5 :-) I love this album. Perfect, though? Comparing it to Jimmy Eat World's Clarity is a long stretch, but it is a great album. Comparing Mae to a Yellowcard song is one the the stupidest comparisons I've ever heard...and to say that Bleed American is better than Clarity......you obviously know nothing about music. Clarity is the most amazing album. At the risk of sounding completely cliche, that album changed my life. Bleed American doesn't come close. Mae is not close to the best band in the world, but they'll sure make more money playing music than the money you'll get from whining ur sorry asses about their shit. I agree with this review...its such an awesome album. after i heard it the only way i could actually describe it was "beautiful". "stupid trendy girls....i hate this peopel need to listen to music because they freaking liek what they are hearing" Shut the fuck up...by the way this band is fucking awsome. They remind me of that song on the yellowcard cd one year six months and while they really can't be considered punk they are awsome wow you guys have no fucking lives...i mean come on...u have nothing better than to make fun of an album that is pretty good...maybe the only reason u make fun of it is cuz u kno u couldnt fucking make an album half as good as this one...and whoever the fuck is making fun of emo better shut the fuck up cuz im ready to bet that they are sum gay little pussy who listens to usher and brittany spears...or thinks they are cool cuz they listen to rancid...guess what? anyone can say this album is gay...or that emo is gay...or that they are punk...who fucking gives a shit....get of ur fucking pedistool and get a life BSD is a faggot I don't mind the music. It honestly is pretty good, but I hate the vocals. It just kills me every time the guy sings. "Oh yeah, I hate your Rancid shirt 'cause it's fucking trendy." I think that this is a great band. They obviously have talent. All the guys who say that it's queer music and stuff are just too stupid to know what good music is. They are afraid that it's not "manly" enough. Get over yourselves and really listen to the music. this album is pretty good, but i can't get over how dumb the name is. just "destination beautiful" to yourself a few times. good lord it is stupid. These guys are talented. I wouldn't call them "punk", but I had the chance to see them live and thought they were great. captaincrunch's rant about dr. thunder and america's best ketchup made me sad that my family is a bunch of cheap bastards "At the risk of sounding like a bigoted jock, any boy who likes this must be a faggot jew who loves cock." Fuck the guy who said this page should be called '' onlyemorevies.org '' if you dont like the site then fuck off pal. I like these guys alright, but that singer sure has one annoying voice. The songwriting is good enough that I listen and enjoy anyway, but I wouldn't have been as kind as this review is. The record reminds people of J.E.W. because summertime ripped off goodbye sky harbor. I could make that song using a copy of Clarity and a shitty pro tools imitation. YOU LOVE IT because you already heard this record done by 15 other bands before it came out. Only better. "Oh yeah, I hate your Rancid shirt 'cause it's fucking trendy." if you make comments like that you need to look in the dictionary for the word ignorant if you like this band and you're a male, you need to look between your legs and see if you still have a dick. "This record getting a 10 is brought to you by Satan, reminding you that the apocalypse comes a little bit closer with every bad emo record selling 250k." Hating trendy people is soooo trendy. No, I stick by my comment. This band is for girls with annoying haircuts who steal purses from thrift stores and take them to school and hide them in their lockers so they won't get caught. some of this is ridiculous, true...but i saw them live a while back, and they are a really terrific band, in the sense that they play amazingly together...they're tight, exacting, and flawless... To bad he was right. Who else likes this band or other bands like them? mojority are trendy little girls and little emo guys who may as well be girls. Am I saying theres anything wrong with this kind of music? no. But is it any good? no. It's just a fucking advertisement. I don't know, but I'll never ever listen to them because the annoying trendy girls at my school who think they're all so alternative love them. These guys used to be better when they were called "Sky's The Limit", seriously. I like the guys voice, but their sound is so damn generic. They don't do much to make themselves stand out. I do have a soft spot for that "Summertime" song, but I wouldn't ever really reccomend this album. I saw this band open for the Starting Line (look man, don't ask, I went w/ my g/f). Its funny, I saw these guys with Motion City soundtrack a while back and I thought to myself "these guys were a lot better when they used to be called Jimmy Eat World." In reality, they are like a poor man's version of JEW. jesus christ change the name of this website to onlyemoreviews.org oh and fuck this band. "Jesus is hogging all the nails." last days of april's "Ascend to the Stars" reminds me JEW's "Clarity". Not Mae. I don't know, but I'll never ever listen to them because the annoying trendy girls at my school who think they're all so alternative love them. I don't know, but I'll never ever listen to them because the annoying trendy girls at my school who think they're all so alternative love them. I like JEW too, but this just isn't a good album... unless you're assessing it solely as a measurement of the capacity of a group to play their instruments proficiently and the ability of a different group to determine how loud each instrument should sound when played simultaneously. "Jesus is hogging all the nails." mae are my guilty pleasure I disagree with this review. "If this is a 10, somebody please give a couple of nails to bust my eardrums." Jesus, Clarity is so overrated. I will continue to have none of this mae. 10....uhh sure man. This record getting a 10 is brought to you by Satan, reminding you that the apocalypse comes a little bit closer with every bad emo record selling 250k. I am glad that all you self-proclaimed "scene participants" are so holier-than-thou. Quit your crying. If this is a 10, somebody please give a couple of nails to bust my eardrums. My sister is huge into these guys. This is pretty crappy. The vocals are so whiny, and this thing is far from original. "the vocals have a voice of their own"... I immediately thought clarity when i heard this. it's not bad, but definitely not a 10 dude. "The last time I heard a CD that sounded this good and blew me away as much as this album did was Jimmy Eat World's masterpiece Clarity" | Features
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