Hello Bastards

The album has been described musically as punk rock,{{cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/features/30_albums_that_turn_20_in_2015/|title=30 albums we can't believe turn 20 this year|date=January 20, 2015|website=Alternative Press|access-date=April 29, 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/4781-somewhere-in-the-swamps-of-jersey/|title=Lifetime: Somewhere in the Swamps of Jersey|website=Pitchfork}}{{cite web|last=Barnard|first=Laurent|date=February 5, 2015|title=This Is Hardcore: Lifetime – Hello Bastards|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/this-is-hardcore-lifetime-hello-bastards|access-date=April 29, 2022|website=Louder Sound}} melodic hardcore,{{cite web|last=Heller|first=Jason|date=January 14, 2014|title=Punk turned in on itself in 1995, and out came the wolves|url=https://www.avclub.com/punk-turned-in-on-itself-in-1995-and-out-came-the-wolv-1798265787|access-date=April 29, 2022|website=The A.V. Club}} hardcore punk, emo, and pop-punk.

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|last=D'Angelo|first=Peter J.|title=Hello Bastards - Lifetime {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/hello-bastards-mw0000183029|access-date=April 29, 2022|publisher=AllMusic}}

| rev2 = Punknews.org

| rev2Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|last=Alex|date=May 26, 2015|title=Lifetime – Hello Bastards|url=https://www.punknews.org/review/13577/lifetime-hello-bastards|access-date=April 29, 2022|publisher=Punknews.org}}

| rev3 = Wondering Sound

| rev3Score = Favorable{{cite web|last=Bayer|first=Jonah|date=February 1, 2011|title=Lifetime, Hello Bastards|url=http://www.wonderingsound.com/review/lifetime-hello-bastards/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140830015607/https://www.wonderingsound.com/review/lifetime-hello-bastards/|archive-date=August 30, 2014|access-date=November 2, 2015|website=Wondering Sound}}}}

Journalists Leslie Simon and Trevor Kelley included the album in their list of the most essential emo releases in their book Everybody Hurts: An Essential Guide to Emo Culture (2007).Simon; Kelley 2007, pp. 168–9 "(The Gym Is) Neutral Territory" appeared at number 52 on a best-of emo songs list by Vulture.{{cite web|last=Cohen|first=Ian|last2=Anthony|first2=David|last3=Corcoran|first3=Nina|last4=Garland|first4=Emma|last5=Nelson|first5=Brad|date=February 13, 2020|title=100 Best Emo Songs of All Time|url=https://www.vulture.com/article/best-emo-songs.html|access-date=April 29, 2022|website=Vulture}}

1. "Daneurysm" – 1:12
2. "Rodeo Clown" – 2:03
3. "Anchor" – 2:23
4. "I'm Not Calling You" – 2:31
5. "Bobby Truck Tricks" – 2:26
6. "(The Gym Is) Neutral Territory" – 2:20
7. "I Like You OK" – 0:49
8. "It's Not Funny Anymore" (Hüsker Dü cover) – 2:03
9. "Irony Is for Suckers" – 1:44
10. "What She Said" – 1:04
11. "Knives, Bats, New Tats" – 1:57
12. "Ostrichsized" – 2:25

• 550 copies on white vinyl
• 500 copies on purple vinyl

• 500 mysterious int
• 500 gruesome green
• 500 blank stare white

• Ari Katz – vocals
• Dan Yemin – guitar
• Pete Martin – guitar
• Dave Palaitis – bass guitar
• Scott Golley – drums

• Steve Evetts – production, engineering, mixing
• Michael Sarsfield – mastering
• John Yates – graphics
• Tim Owen – photography

Citations

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• {{cite book|last1=Simon|first1=Leslie|last2=Kelley|first2=Trevor|title=Everybody Hurts: An Essential Guide to Emo Culture|year=2007|publisher=HarperEntertainment|location=New York City|isbn=978-0-06-119539-6}}

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• [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGB4b0c6bnKvKEs3rqY7bQP9osPB1VxLp Hello Bastards] at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)

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