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The New Faces of Pop-Punk (The Genre’s in Good Hands)

Super Sometimes
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Over the past few years there’s been a nice wave of new pop-punk bands that have turned my head. From Super American (RIP), to People R Ugly, to FRND CRCL, to The Paradox — all of these bands have that special characteristic, or feeling, that elevates them above the pack. They carry the torch of a genre I’ve loved most of my life with a genuine fire and clear shared love for the music. You can tell they love it as much as I do.

Add to that list: Super Sometimes.

Their new album, due out in May, is absolutely everything a pop-punk album should be. Fun, energetic, and full of melody and dual vocal harmonies. I don’t think a single day has gone by where I haven’t played it at least twice since I first heard it.

The genre is alive and well.

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Midtown’s ‘Living Well is the Best Revenge’ is currently not available on Apple Music and it’s maybe the first time I’ve thought: we really need to own most of our music files again.

Another month has come and gone. 

February was defined by a late month trip to New Orleans. It was my first time there and it was with perfect timing that Hannah could come tag along so we could spend some quality vacation time together at the end of the week.

(A slightly postponed Valentines dinner was well worth it.)

February 2026

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The Stats: 13 artists, 20 albums, 133 tracks (153 scrobbles)

A week in New Orleans … less time for music. (Heading home today.)

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I've been on a huge Thrice kick this week and To Be Everywhere Is to Be Nowhere is really connecting with me again. In an almost depressing way "Blood on the Sand" resonates even more now than on release:

There's blood on the sand, there's blood in the street
And there's a gun in my hand, or there might as well be
And I'm sick of it — I'm so sick of this

We panic at the sight of different-colored skin
And we've got a plan to justify each mess we're in
But I've seen too much (of this fear and hate)
I've had enough (and I'm not afraid)
To take a stand, to make it right — this has to end

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It's a cold morning and Death Cab's playing softly. A new week begins ...

God bless the daylight, the sugary smell of springtime
Remembering when you were mine in a still suburban town
When every Thursday I'd brave those mountain passes
And you'd skip your early classes, and we'd learn how our bodies worked

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Been on a big Green Day kick over the past couple of weeks. I listened to American Idiot so many times in 2004, and then over the years kind of let that one fade back because I had overplayed it. But, last week it "clicked" again in a big way. Which is funny to say about one of the like seminal albums in the genre.

A little depressing how much the lyrics still hit 22 years later.

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