mgk (Machine Gun Kelly) Tickets to My Downfall

3.5 stars out of 5 -- "On TICKETS TO MY DOWNFALL he tries a new gambit that works surprisingly well, switching to late-Nineties/early-2000s pop punk, with Blink 182's Travis Barker producing and playing drums."
3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[O]n TICKETS TO MY DOWNFALL he tries a new gambit that works surprisingly well, switching to late-Nineties/early-2000s pop punk, with Blink 182's Travis Barker producing and playing drums."
Billboard - "MGK not only revives the genre's greatest moments but transcends them, with his own blistering riffs and KO choruses..."
"[A] love letter to all things punk rock. The self-aware title knows that this move is a risk but the confidence in painting that target on his own back is also what makes this record so brilliant."
Pitchfork (Website) - "Halsey's vocals soar on the angsty breakup jam 'forget me too,' which might work as a show tune if it didn't rock so hard. 'bloody valentine' is a winningly bittersweet ballad anchored by a sober bassline..."