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Sunday, March 18, 2012

What will Can't Bear This Party do next?

There comes a point for most bands when either consciously or subconsciously they become more srs, with a 'mature' sound that they hope will show their evolution as musicians. This usually results in a craic-vacuum effect where all the fun is sucked out of their next album. This phenomenon is never more pronounced than in pop punk/easycore bands who ditch breakdowns and silly songs about girls for what they feel is better songwriting and penmanship. Boourns. Examples of this have been Four Year Strong, Title Fight, The Wonder Years and to a lesser degree, Man Overboard.

Now, consider Can't Bear This Party, a continental euro easycore band (French to be precise, but don't hold that against them) who have all the features we've come to know and love from euro easy core including, but not limited to:

  • A redonk band name
  • Silly accents/undecipherable lyrics
  • Zany song titles
  • Breakdowns/synth/multiple vocal styles/gang chorus 
I'm going to go as far as to define them as progressive easycore because not only do they tick all the easycore boxes they also have from the start included other elements not traditionally associated with easycore including:

  • Fast skate punk rhythms 
  • Breakdowns that are incorporated into the song as a whole, not just wedged in after the second chorus
  • A drummer who does more than 3 beats and the odd fill
  • Occasional decipherable lyrics!

    Here's an example from their EP Modern Factory


    It's a pretty bitchin' song but they then released Ain't No Princess in 2010 and added more elements to their arsenal of fun including:

    • Novelty sound effects such as a microwave chime and telephone
    • Even more ridiculous drumming, and more genres thrown in
    • A xylophone and a breakdown featuring said xylophone
    • Tasty melodic gang choruses
    The album even has a generic breakdown intro song complete with zany video!
    All of the breakdowns, all of the drumming, dat album artwork <3

    So word is they have a new album coming out this year. But the question is; will they take the progressive easycore fun up a level or go srs?

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