Emerging from Boston’s mid-90s post-hardcore and emo underground, Six Going On Seven always existed slightly outside the lines. On Human Tears, they step even further into their own world, drawing deeply from the atmosphere and emotional reach of 1980s art rock, new wave, synth-pop, and prog-pop. Not as a costume or a detour, but as a full immersion. This is a streamlined, intentional record. Lush without excess. Melodic, moody, and direct. Songs that move quickly but leave an imprint. Human Tears balances intimacy with scale, pairing the band’s long-standing emotional honesty with textures that feel lifted from another era, then reshaped...