After all, there’s a difference between just not giving a fuck, which has been Em’s guiding principle from the start, and not having the proper quality control, and “Side B” is all over the map. Which doesn’t necessarily mean “Side B” is a good album. But it’s still almost a relief to hear him stop trying to be everything to everyone and simply let his inner Adam Sandler loose. Is it hard to decide how to feel about this many grade-school bathroom jokes coming from a 48-year-old man who admits he can already see “5-0 creeping up on me like a patrol car”? Absolutely. “I’m ‘bout that capital like a proper noun.” “A penny has more sense.” “I’ll pee on your head like a Phillies hat.” “You heard of Kris Kristofferson? Well I’m Piss Pissedofferson.” Do these punchlines miss more often than they hit? Yes, yes they do. Wildly inappropriate, R-rated dad jokes, but dad jokes nonetheless. For his second release of 2020 - which dropped, like its predecessor, without warning (although this time around, rumors abounded including one that claimed Phoebe Bridgers was a featured guest) - Em appears to be doing exactly what he wants to do, which in this case is making lots of groaner dad jokes.
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