Say Anything "..Is Committed" Lolla 2025 and the nagging truth that

and the nagging truth that all of the critical fawning had yet to add up to more tangible success (the wry "The Have Nots

bassist Mark Pirro and percussionist Bryan Wakeland

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and performed all of the instruments and vocals themselves

Say Anything "..Is Committed" Lolla 2025 and the nagging truth that.. Is Committed represents both a return to form and a mid career left turn. Bemis still traffics in exaggeration and Jewish humor, but the hyperbole has been tempered by the blows of reality. This is no longer the angst of post adolescence, but the grim phantasms of adulthood. Coming full circle in a sense, Bemis says these are the most autobiographical songs that hes written since high school. As with any Say Anything record, the songs are