Adrian killing this thread. Agree with everything he's saying.
Review is perfect as it is, really the best I've read on this site in a while.

Album Rating: 4.5

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Album Rating: 3.5

Really Ali? It doesn't really say anything.

Album Rating: 3.5

"It doesn't really say anything."



huh? can you explain what you mean by that? I got quite a lot from it, personally.

I'm interested in reviews that are geared towards understanding listener perspective, especially how it relates to genre, so I love writing like this. It views the album within a very relevant context, the relevancy of pop punk to the generation that grew up with it in high school (that's what I was thinking about while listening to this record: what can it mean to anyone who's in college, honestly?) The reasoning is well thought out and the flow is very solid. Top-notch review overall.

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The review basically says that this is pop punk for people who always loved pop punk but are now in their 20s, which is actually a perfect description

"this is completely irrelevant. I'm not sure how you aren't understanding my point. It's very, very
basic."

maybe because I didn't read your comment. I don't think it's really possible to have elite pop punk.

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"the queers can suck my balls" might wanna rephrase that atari

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I'm pretty sure that's what he was going for.

Album Rating: 4.5

"maybe because I didn't read your comment. I don't think it's really possible to have elite pop punk."



Yeah it's a weird oxymoron... but condescending to someone who hasn't listened to a band that maxes out on 47 album ratings somehow fulfills it.

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

hey some reasonable ratings up in here right now hell yeah

Album Rating: 4.5

:3 @ cyg

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" I don't think it's really possible to have elite pop punk."





it is clear that pop punk is a subgenre that you don't really like/care about, which is fine, but making statements like this are ridiculous

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this archael dude

Album Rating: 4.0

madelyn is annoying as fuck

um, pop punk was one of my favorite genres for the longest time.

Album Rating: 5.0

As someone who grew up literally 5 blocks from these guys its completely evident that every song they write is derived directly from an experience Campbell and his boys had growing up/maturing in the Lansdale/Doylestown area. Its a beat and generally stagnant place but its definitely somewhere that forces you to have experience and perspective.



I've moved on in life from Montco and largely from Pop-Punk but I listen to their music and can literally tie every song to a moment in my life or a person I knew in high school and I think this album is them finally extending that appeal to a really really wide audience. The Upsides and Suburbia definitely had a sense of greater locality to it, they'd allude to like certain establishments and landmarks and such, but this one is just so broad based and ubiquitous it's unbelieveable.

Album Rating: 4.5

/ That's really awesome.

you guys know that "why are there people who haven't heard the queers?" and "maybe he should've said descendents or lifetime, because they're who a lot of pop punk bands like to rip off of." were very facetious, right?

but yeah, I don't think it's really possible to have "elite" pop punk. except maybe a few albums, but those could arguably not even be pop punk.

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^thats incredible, would have killed to have known them growing up.