Album Review: PUP – The Dream Is Over
PUP-punk is about to be your new favorite genre; The Dream Is Over is a wake-up call with an alarming sound that can best be described as organized chaos.
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PUP-punk is about to be your new favorite genre; The Dream Is Over is a wake-up call with an alarming sound that can best be described as organized chaos.
The melodic honesty of the words and emotions being conveyed throughout Sincerely, John the Ghost is palpable, and making intangible concepts become tangible is something O’Callaghan does well.
After The Ready Set’s first label release, 2010’s I’m Alive, I’m Dreaming, we waited four long years for another full length from the electro-pop solo act. During that time, we were oh so patient for an album that 2014’s The Bad And The Better didn’t quite become, but now that I Will Be Nothing Without Your Love is here, our perseverance is finally being rewarded.
Manchester’s The 1975 aren’t known for common sounds, but on their latest release I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it they take that to another level. Employing a myriad of genres should make for chaos, but their shared dreamy indie-electronic undertones give the album a united front. Maybe it’s a mess, but it’s a well done one.
This record makes you feel, whether it’s excited, in love, in-your-face-let’s-crash-an-upscale-restaurant angsty, or a little bit emo—which are all the ingredients that make up a classic SP album.
With A Great Big World’s sophomore release, When The Morning Comes, expect your day to get a whole lot brighter from the moment you hit play.
Everyone else go home, ’cause New Politics are “the Kings and Queens and [they] run this city.†Vikingswas our most anticipated release of the summer, which is usually the set-up for a let down.
Nothing Matters is a record for your floor, amongst friends, to dream during its lows, and get up and dance during its highs. This is musicianship and songwriting at its finest.
This is the fairy tale pop punk has been waiting for, and As It Is are the knights in shining armor. Hop on the bandwagon now, because they’re bringing pop punk the happily ever after it so well deserves.
Strangers To Ourselves is a solid, standard, Modest Mouse record. If you’ve grown to love the twangy twang of Brock’s voice paired with soaring notes on delay, then this record will easily slide into your current rotation…
