Based on the energy of Charly Bliss’ third album, Forever, the New York quartet decided at some point between this 2024 release and its predecessor, 2019’s Young Enough, to turn things up to 11, expanding upon the scuzzy, DIY pop punk they conjured on those first two records, and making everything bolder, louder, and more intentional. “Calling You Out” is a yearning and clever portrait of a relationship in distress, with vocalist Eva Hendricks pleading, “I wanna be the one to love you, not calling you out.” Acoustic guitars intermingle with synths, providing the song with intoxicating interplay between the synthetic and organic. “I’m Not Dead” features guitars taken from the alt-rock ’90s, but Hendricks infuses the song with a declaration that demands living life to the fullest: “I’m not, I’m not dead/Even if I was/I’d wish that I’d fucked up/At least twice as much and had like double the fun.”