We all have nostalgic albums that make us feel all warm and fuzzy inside, prompting slideshows in our minds of those times.

I still think of Band of Horse's Infinite Arms playing as I moved to Florida. I remember Third Eye Blind's debut album in the background of my sixth-grade life, playing Goldeneye on 64 and paintball in the woods of Leesburg, VA. Californication by the Red Hot Chili Peppers played on repeat as I visited one of my best friends who had moved to Switzerland. New Found Glory's self-titled album, Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory, and Incubus' Make Yourself and Morning View all curated my high school days. Paul Simon's Graceland and Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation were two of the first albums I ever remember hearing as my mom played them constantly in the background of my childhood. I could write a book about the albums of my life as each one had such an impact on me and a memory instilled.

Then there's Acceptance. Who only had one album - the always and forever amazing Phantoms released in 2005. This album reminds me of my college days and very specific days and nights spent listening to this album, a girl I had a crush on, road trips jamming along to the tracks (I still know all the lyrics!), and just provides an overall warm feeling when I hear them.

Acceptance had one of those wild cult followings which you may not have ever known about if you didn't know them. But people LOVE these guys. And out of nowhere, in 2017, twelve years after their debut, they decided to release their sophomore effort.

The new album reminds me of the heyday of my (and their) past, and they still make some great upbeat alternative rock (think The Juliana Theory-ish rock - SPEAKING OF, another amazing indie band from my high school days. Both Understand This Is A Dream and Emotion Is Dead are still amazing!) tracks that get you in a sing-songy rocking kind of way. My two favorite tracks from their new album are on this mixtape along with my favorites from their first album.

If you have never heard of these guys, please do yourself a favor and dive in. It won't be nostalgic for you, and it may even sound a little dated (I actually think it has stood the test of time really well! I can't really say that for New Found Glory and Linkin Park though).

But maybe, just maybe, you'll listen to them and get into them just like I did twelve years ago. And twelve years later, maybe you'll sit back and remember the time you read some dude's blog and were at a certain point of life, a mark in the map of life.