I think Will is too old to be pulling from his experiences in ToD to be able to remake it
I’m liking joes story a lot. The 3 new tracks can definitely stand a chance against what was there before. There’s a certain garage edge to them that continuous to express the bands flair for exciting tracks that get the feet moving. I believe it to be a valiant effort for Will to take upon remaking this album. My favourite out of them is probably Joe drives again
That being said, I feel heavily that teens of denial should have been left as it was. . HEAR ME OUT
When will remade TF, it made a little more sense that he would wat to make perhaps his most epic album. He was still in touch with his younger feelings and that served him in making the remake. What I see people not really getting although is that unlike coming of age, love is a more timeless feeling that carries across all ages, which was the motive of TF. In ToD Joes story, Will isn’t 23 anymore living by himself angry at himself and his college life. Hes out of touch with those feelings and frankly I don’t think he and the band should have tried to remake teens. It would age much better if it was left as it was (but it isn’t out of character for Will to remake albums, I just feel like with this one in particular less attention could’ve been given to it)
Basically, love is timeless, but growing up as a young adult only happens once and it probably would’ve been better time spent for Will to write on some more contemporary experiences rather than old ones.
Apologies for the bad syntax, phone Reddit stinks