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  • Summary: The second full-length release for the Seattle indie rock band was produced by Joe Chiccarelli.
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Don't Lose Your Love
Everytime I look at you I fall in love all over again, and you're the reason I do what I do. I hope someday you can appreciate that. Don't ever lose... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. Positive: 4 out of 6
  2. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. May 6, 2015
    80
    Throughout, It's All Just Pretend is infectious, warm, and bright, offering positive but not airheaded guitar tunes for a melodic, feel-good fix.
  2. May 6, 2015
    75
    It’s All Just Pretend offers a steady balance of romanticism and reality, even if the music doesn’t stray past safe styles.
  3. 70
    The sheer quality of the songwriting and performances were sharpened and refined over many months yielding a set that’s impressively catchy and immediately satisfying.
  4. May 15, 2015
    70
    It’s All Just Pretend is, at its name implies, a generally unassuming effort overall.
  5. May 19, 2015
    60
    Though it may not be perfect from start to finish, there is plenty to like about It’s All Just Pretend and serves as a great argument that the band is much more than just another neo folk also-ran.
  6. Uncut
    May 6, 2015
    50
    Writing separately, frontman Rim Wilson and multi-instrumentalist Ryan Carbury have come up with material that falls between the Broadway musical and the motivational speech. [Jun 2015, p.77]