Sweet Time - where do we go from here (2025) Hi-Res

Two years in the making, `where do we go from here` is Asian American pop punk band Sweet Time`s debut album. It was written and recorded as guitarist Arvin Alaigh finished his Ph.D. and explores the proximities of adulthood, while navigating identity and all the relationships in between.

The album opens with `Before The Fall` an effervescent musing on a romance that the protagonist felt was more relevant than their lost love, who seems to have moved on pretty quickly. We have in `Anthem For My Dying Youth` a dreamy reminiscence on a bygone love with some delightfully intricate guitar chords.

`The Sundays` is a breezy melodic wistful contemplative reverie on trying to prove you aren`t what you`re perceived to be while `Lately` portrays a real disquiet almost an anxiety about your role in a fledging relationship.

`Nothing To Forgive` is an anguished tale of wanting to be conventional and not be consumed by doubt. We enjoy a fairly jagged paced meditation with `FST`.

`Shoe` is another observational brooding echo on romance and at times feels quite folk like. There`s a delightful dreamlike illusory ambience about `Alice Marsh` which meanders along and really draws you into its layers.

`Whiteboytown` is a tranquil rumination on what may be a non-descript urban upbringing and the benefits of remaining there whereas `More Than Ever` is a nigh on in your face offering, full of angst about the apprehension of a relationship where the future is uncertain.

The album closes out with `Dream` which has a kind of fuzziness about it and a gentle melodic reverie to close out on. `where do we go from here` is full of heart-wrenching nostalgia, with themes of alienation, isolation and failed relationships and could possibly be Arvin Alaigh, Dan Clifford and Will Hsiung`s own rite of passage from adolescence to adulthood.

If you’re a fan of bands like The Lemonheads, Weezer and Wheatus, you`ll love Sweet Time who will certainly give you a delightful sugar rush.