Name: Wake Up, Sunshine by All Time Low
Brand: All Time Low
SKU: 075679829757
Price: 9.9 USD
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 3.5 (105 reviews)

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After a quick foray into polished-pop territory, pop-punk outfit All Time Low course correct with their eighth full-length, Wake Up, Sunshine. Issued three years after the divisive Last Young Renegade, this set doesn't completely abandon that album's mainstream sheen. Rather, it takes the best of that period -- catchy hooks, bright energy -- and merges it with the style that won All Time Low a legion of devoted scene fans. Plugging the guitars back in and freeing the drum kit, the band hops into a time machine set to the 2000s, resurrecting fond memories of Lit ("Getaway Green"), Fall Out Boy ("Sleeping In"), Yellowcard ("Melancholy Kaleidoscope"), and blink-182 ("Trouble Is"). Wake Up, Sunshine is front-loaded with fun, buoyant blasts like these, culminating with the hard-charging title track that sums up the album's overall message of self-acceptance with the rallying cry, "Wake up, sunshine! Somebody loves you for yourself." The middle stretch briefly dips back into their late-2010s tone shift, recruiting rapper blackbear for the midtempo "Monsters" and sounding vaguely OneRepublic-esque on the interlude, "Pretty Venom." The Band Camino also guests on the soaring pop/rock collaborative anthem "Favorite Place," which packs a stadium-sized singalong wallop. While this late segment lags a bit, the tracks remain catchy and enjoyable, even if the energy is toned down. Closing on an uplifting note, All Time Low offers some optimism with "Summer Daze (Seasons, Pt. 2)," capturing that titular brightness with sweet harmony, and tapping into nostalgia with the tender reflection, "Basement Noise." All in all, Wake Up, Sunshine is not as bold or reckless a move as Last Young Renegade, but it scratches that pop-punk itch that listeners no doubt expect from the band, both warm and comforting in its familiarity. ~ Neil Z. Yeung

1. Some Kind of Disaster

by All Time Low

Composer: Alex Gaskarth
Zakk Cervini
Phil Gornell; Composer
Primary Artist: All Time Low; Main Performer
Mastering: Ted Jensen; Production
Mixing: Neal Avron; Production
Mixing Assistant: Scott Skrzynski; Production
Producer: Alex Gaskarth
Zakk Cervini
Phil Gornell; Production
Additional Editor: Scott Skrzynski; Other

2. Sleeping In

by All Time Low

Primary Artist: All Time Low; Main Performer
Composer: Lukasz Gottwald
Alex Gaskarth
Max Martin
Mathieu Jomphe
Zakk Cervini
Bonnie Leigh Mckee; Composer
Producer: Alex Gaskarth
Zakk Cervini; Production

3. Getaway Green

by All Time Low

Primary Artist: All Time Low; Main Performer
Composer: Alex Gaskarth
Phil Gornell
Zakk Cervini; Composer
Producer: Alex Gaskarth
Zakk Cervini; Production

4. Melancholy Kaleidoscope

by All Time Low

Primary Artist: All Time Low; Main Performer
Composer: Alex Gaskarth
Phil Gornell
Zakk Cervini; Composer
Producer: Alex Gaskarth
Zakk Cervini; Production

5. Trouble Is...

by All Time Low

Primary Artist: All Time Low; Main Performer
Composer: Alex Gaskarth
Zakk Cervini; Composer
Producer: Alex Gaskarth
Zakk Cervini; Production

6. Wake Up, Sunshine

by All Time Low

Primary Artist: All Time Low; Main Performer
Composer: Alex Gaskarth
Colin Brittain; Composer
Producer: Alex Gaskarth
Zakk Cervini; Production

7. Monsters (feat. blackbear)

by All Time Low, Blackbear

Featured Artist: Blackbear; Main Performer
Primary Artist: All Time Low; Main Performer
Composer: Kevin Fisher
Jack Barakat
Matthew Musto
Alex Gaskarth
Andrew Goldstein; Composer
Producer: Alex Gaskarth
Zakk Cervini
Andrew Goldstein; Production

8. Pretty Venom (Interlude)

by All Time Low

Primary Artist: All Time Low; Main Performer
Composer: Kevin Fisher
Alex Gaskarth
Zakk Cervini; Composer
Producer: Alex Gaskarth
Zakk Cervini; Production

9. Favorite Place (feat. The Band CAMINO)

by All Time Low, The Band Camino

Featured Artist: The Band Camino; Main Performer
Primary Artist: All Time Low
The Band Camino; Main Performer
Composer: Alex Gaskarth
Phil Gornell
Zakk Cervini; Composer
Producer: Alex Gaskarth
Zakk Cervini; Production

10. Safe

by All Time Low

Primary Artist: All Time Low; Main Performer
Composer: Alex Gaskarth
Phil Gornell
Zakk Cervini; Composer
Producer: Alex Gaskarth
Zakk Cervini; Production

11. January Gloom (Seasons, Pt. 1)

by All Time Low

Primary Artist: All Time Low; Main Performer
Composer: Alex Gaskarth
Phil Gornell
Zakk Cervini; Composer
Producer: Alex Gaskarth
Zakk Cervini; Production

12. Clumsy

by All Time Low

Primary Artist: All Time Low; Main Performer
Composer: Andreas Carlsson
Rami Yacoub
Max Martin
Phil Gornell
Zakk Cervini
Alex Gaskarth; Composer
Producer: Alex Gaskarth
Zakk Cervini; Production

13. Glitter & Crimson

by All Time Low

Primary Artist: All Time Low; Main Performer
Composer: Alex Gaskarth
Jack Barakat
Zakk Cervini
Andrew Golstein; Composer
Producer: Alex Gaskarth
Zakk Cervini; Production

14. Summer Daze (Seasons, Pt. 2)

by All Time Low

Primary Artist: All Time Low; Main Performer
Composer: Andrew Goldstein
Alex Gaskarth
Jack Barakat
Zakk Cervini; Composer
Producer: Alex Gaskarth
Zakk Cervini; Production