LET'S HAVE A SRS TALK ABOUT POP PUNK
As we all know The Wonder Years used to be a really fun pop punk band, then the weight of the world fell on Soupy's shoulders and they wrote the amazing Upsides all about not fitting in, loneliness and generally whining but trying not to be so negative and figuring out wtf is going on.
It just so happens that I had left college and was in a wasteland at the time it was released and the album really resonated with me (maaan). Then I took my head out of my ass, picked myself up and started to have fun again. Unfortunately by the time TWY released Suburbia..it seemed Soupy had not gone through the same metamorphosis and the album was kind of a wet blanket. Good in places mind you but overall..meh..just not where I was..selfish of me but hey...
Now the lads have a new album on the way, (the worryingly titled) The Greatest Generation and a new song 'Passing Through a Screen Door' dropped today.
At first I was underwhelmed until DAT BRIDGE hit and suddenly I had a reason to listen to it FIVE TIMES IN A ROW. The vocals almost sound like they're being sung by a grown up now (besides the little whine of an inflection at the end of some lines) but they lyrics have always been what sucks the kidz in. And here's the thing: I'M 26 AND A LOT OF MY FRIENDS HAVE GOT MARRIED. Not many have kids though thankfully.
A lot of what I'm hearing (from Absolute Punk) is that this isn't the best song on the album and this gives me hope. Maybe I should ease up on these guys, I mean Man Overboard have the most cringe-filled lyrics of all time and I don't judge them so harshly. Then again Man Overboard didn't drop breakdowns for hipster coffee table books. The jury is still out but if I can come to terms with the Emotional Hipster Punk vibes then this might be my album of the summer, who knows?
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