Retrovision

Damn I'm such an airhead..

Becoming aware of this band thanks to the upcoming Stage Tour game, I downloaded this album as way to help me get hyped and become more familiar with the soundtrack.

This band is pretty similar to pop rock and pop punk artists of yore such as: Hey Monday, We Are the In Crowd, Echosmtih and Riot-era Paramore. Devin Papadol is a fantastic vocalist for this style of music. Her musicality and sense of melody is spot on, and even watching live videos of them perform and yeah, she can sing right up there with Hayley Williams. "Airhead" is the lead single, and the song that's in Stage Tour, and it's a banger and a half. Rhythmic chords and a powerful rhythm section propel this song forward with an instantly sticky hook, and some really funky guitar leads just to cap it off.

The rest of the album also surprisingly didn't disappoint. There's some more pop rock bangers and anthems with "Seeing Negative", "Fight or Flight", "Rerun" and the awesome closing track "Distracted". Featuring an awesome guitar solo thanks to Donovon Lloyd, the second half of the band. This album really is a nice and summery vibe of bad break ups, mixed feelings, and young adult turmoil. Some of the songs tend to have rather cliche lyrics such as on the track "Favorite Song" or "Murphy's Law", but even despite some lyrical drivel here and there, the energy is always felt and it's a brisk and easy listen. It's not reinventing the wheel for neon-flavored pop punk, but if you need more energetic and youthful rock music a la Against The Current, this record will certainly scratch that itch and provide a great time as well.