So, there's this new pop punk band from Chicago that my friend Mike got me into. They don't have many songs, and they're pretty new, but I think they're great. My favorite song by them is Floorboards [video=youtube;YC2EeVIaFaU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC2EeVIaFaU[/video] What do you guys think?
Me while clicking the video: "I'm going to regret this, aren't I?" Me after turning it off: "Yeah, definitely regretting it." I'm sorry, but when the first thing that happens when I click a video is a wall of sound caused by brickwalling every instrument, you have failed at mixing your song. The fact that it fell under what I expected from the one trick pony that is pop punk (though, pleasantly, with a 90s style vocalist as opposed to much more common Patrick Stump wannabe that fails to realize that Stump sucks) is secondary to the frustratingly awful sounding and lazy brickwalling.
I defs hear you on that. Musical talent is definitely not their strongpoint, or most pop punk bands for that matter. Though I must ask, out of curiosity, what bands have Patrick Stump wannabe vocalists? Most of the pop punk bands I listen to, like The Wonder Years, new Found Glory, and blink-182 sound their own. Just wondering if there's anything new I should look at really.
Its mostly newer pop punk bands that formed to cash in on the success of "emo" that rip off Fall Out Boy (who are awful in the first place) and include such "greats" as All Time Low and Panic At the Disco. It should be noted that New Found Glory and Blink-182 are 90s bands and aren't going to be taking influence from Fall Out Boy (its the other way around, actually).
Haha, I am aware of that. Oh God, Panic! At the Disco is an awful band, and I don't even think they can be called pop punk, and All Time Low infuriates me, because they directly rip off of blink-182's jokes on stage, and attempt to make crappy pop songs with terrible, meaningless lyrics.
