We talk about the newest Haley Williams single, Good Ol' Days. It's completely obviously about her and Paramore guitarist Taylor York's relationship, and despite feeling like a windows down vibe, is super sad. Then we get into our initial thoughts on the new Yellowcard album after a few tangents, as per the usual.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
01:09 Hayley Williams' New Single Discussion
06:33 Analyzing the Lyrics and Themes
11:26 The Future of Paramore and Relationships
14:38 The Resurgence of Rock Music
20:23 Current Rock Releases and Band Dynamics
22:04 The Resurgence of Raw Music
26:40 Yellow Card's New Album: Initial thoughts
39:03 Exploring Favorite Tracks from Yellow Card's New Album
44:34 The Art of Cover Songs
We talked last week about The Format playing Fallon this week, but at that point didn't know there'd be a new single and full album announcement. So, 20 years after the last album, we're getting a third album from the Arizona band! We talk about the excitement of fans of fun. discovering Nate's previous band's new tunes, and theorize this is going to be a departure from the band...into pure rock n' roll.
This week Kyle and Blake are talking about the new The Starting Line album, Eternal Youth, as well as Acceptance's Phantoms/Twenty re-imagining. Plus, The Format is doing a few reunion shows, including playing Jimmy Fallon on October 6th where the other guest is the genre's biggest promoter, Taylor Swift. We look forward to millions of Swifties discovering The Format, even if they're 20 years late to the party.
We're so excited that Motion City Soundtrack is making new music. We're even more thrilled that the album is, as should be expected, awesome.
Kris and Blake also talk about Cartel's Chroma - 2025 album, where they re-record, but maybe don't quite re-imagine, their 2005 debut album on it's 20th anniversary.
NOTES:
- Ep055 - Chroma by Cartel (full episode discussing the album)
- Ep013 - Commit This To Memory by Motion City Soundtrack (full album episode)
- Ep044 - Even If It Kills Me by Motion City Soundtrack (full album episode)
- Motion City Soundtrack - The Same Old Wasted Wonderful World
We talk about Panic! At The Disco's original demos, as well as new music we're listening to.
We're back! And we figured we should return with as big an album as the 2000s produced, and so we chose Fall Out Boy's massively successful Infinity on High. The 2007 album sold over 2 million records worldwide!
We love the album, but can't help but make fun of some of the lyrics. And we're genuinely blown away by the creative leap taken on this album - Patrick Stump really expanded the definition of what works in pop-punk with this one.
Video version to come as soon as Blake works out the technical problems...apologies.
Hayley Williams released the album version of the 17 singles she dropped last month, but more importantly (because we're out of touch), apparently she and Paramore guitarist Taylor York broke up. We're understandably concerned about what that means for the future of one of our favorite bands.
We're talking about the 20 year celebratory version of Jack's Mannequin - Everything In Transit. It's just Andrew, piano, and GREAT string arrangements of 5 of the album's tracks. And we dig it. Plus we continue our talk from last week about artists re-imagining their songs/albums.
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Blake and Kyle talk about Acceptance's new singles from their re-recording of Phantoms, which turns 20 this year. The entire album features guest vocalists, including Teddy Swims on So Contagious and Martin Johnson on Take Cover. The new Phantoms/Twenty album is out September 12th!
Plus we talk about where Avril Lavigne stole her signature Complicated video look from, and expand on why we think so many artists are doing cool re-imaginings of their albums lately.
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AFI have a new single, and both the sound and look took the guys by surprise. Davey Havok is rocking a curly fro, braids, a handlebar mustache and a t-shirt that frees the nip. And honestly, the vibe works with the new song.
Then we talk about a recent live show Kyle attended and our favorite tour pranks.
Notes:
We discuss the latest music releases from Motion City Soundtrack and Hayley Williams (who released all 17 singles on streaming), exploring the stories behind the new singles and the excitement surrounding upcoming albums. And then we answer what full album we'd like to see performed live.
Chapters
00:00 New Music Releases: Motion City Soundtrack & Hayley Williams
08:50 Exploring the Impact of Late Night TV (it's all Jay Leno's fault) on Music Culture
17:30 Hayley Williams' New Singles: A Deeper Dive
23:23 Albums We Wish We Could See Live in Full
Let us know what albums you want us to talk about next!
What a week! Haley Williams dropped 17 new tracks on her 90s aesthetic website (which we're pretty sure has disappeared, now). The Starting Line teased and released a new single from their upcoming album. And when Justin Pierre fell ill and couldn't join his band Motion City Soundtrack, the guys called in some favors and had the likes of Patrick Stump take the mic.
Question of the week: Which musicians are you choosing for your dream band?
Blake and Kyle chat about the unexpected comeback of The Starting Line, thanks to a shoutout from Taylor Swift. They debate the difference between full re-imagining of classic albums (yay!) and artists sneakily George Lucas-ing their original albums on Streaming. Plus, find out which bands Kyle and Blake would drop everything for if they asked us to join.
Look at us being consistent and releasing snacks two weeks in a row! On the agenda today: MXPX and The Ataris are gracing 4 towns with their presence this coming fall, including OKC (probably because we're so good at basketball). Plus, we learn what the upcoming Yellowcard album's cover art is all about and feel like a-holes. And, as expected, Kyle gets us talking about Creed.
SURVEY: What albums do you most want to hear us talk about next?
We are aware we've been radio silent for over a year. Life has been busy for us. But we're getting back to it! In this SNACK!, we talk about Yellowcard's three tunes released so far from their upcoming Better Days album.
Stay tuned on Thursdays for these short SNACK! episodes, where we'll talk about what's going on the genre currently. And as soon as the three of us get in a room together, we'll start recording more full album episodes to help with your nostalgia cravings as you cruise into middle age.
NOTES:
Yellowcard - Better Days on Spotify and Apple Music
Happy 4 year birthday to the podcast! As per tradition, we do a Jimmy Eat World record every year and we've made our way to the 2010 album Invented by the kings of emo from Arizona. This record definitely had a tough task of following four PERFECT albums in a row from Jimmy Eat World (Clarity, Bleed American, Futures, Chase This Light), and we'll admit it was hard for it to live up its predecessor. But - spoiler alert - the whole album is a bit of a "grower, not a show-er" for us. What do you think?
00:00:00 INTRO
00:02:55 About the album
00:09:35 First Impressions
00:17:38 Track 1 - A Heart Is Hard To Find
00:27:22 Track 2 - My Best Theory
00:33:24 Track 3 - Evidence
00:38:56 Track 4 - Higher Devotion
00:43:30 Track 5 - Movielike
00:49:18 Track 6 - Coffee and Cigarettes
00:56:00 Track 7 - Stop
01:05:12 Track 8 - Littlething
01:09:10 Track 9 - Cut
01:15:58 Track 10 - Action Needs An Audience
01:20:54 Track 11 - Invented
01:29:15 Track 12 - Mixtape
01:36:14 Lasting impressions
In this episode of "Finding Emo," we dive into New Found Glory's iconic album "Sticks and Stones." Celebrating its 20th anniversary, we explore everything from the album's production with Neil Avron to the cameos from the likes of Mark Hoppus on the album. We'll share why tracks like "My Friends Over You" have left a lasting mark on the punk scene and what made New Found Glory different than other pop-punk bands. Join us for a mix of nostalgia, analysis, and behind-the-scenes insights into one of the early 2000s' defining punk rock albums.
Relient K nailed it with their follow up to their breakout album, Mmhmm. Five Score takes what worked about the previous album and gets even more ambitious - specifically ending the album with an 11 minute epic. We think they strung together a perfect three records with this sandwiched right inbetween MmHmm and Forget and Not Slow Down.
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:57 Quick history of the album
00:08:10 Let's talk about the Christian music scene
00:19:26 First impressions
00:23:43 Track 1 :: Pleading the Fifth (A Cappella)
00:27:54 Track 2 :: Come Right Out and Say It
00:32:22 Track 3 :: I Need You
00:35:08 Track 4 :: The Best Thing
00:44:20 Track 5 :: Forgiven
00:48:04 Track 6 :: Must Have Done Something Right
00:53:58 Track 7 :: Give Until There's Nothing Left
00:56:08 Track 8 :: Devastation and Reform
01:03:20 Track 9 :: I'm Taking You With Me
01:07:31 Track 10 :: Faking My Own Suicide
01:14:55 Track 11 :: Crayons Can melt on Us for All I Care
01:16:36 Track 12 :: Bite My Tongue
01:20:31 Track 13 :: Up and Up
01:24:13 Track 14 :: Deathbed
01:35:54 Does it hold up? Is it their best record? Is it their most important record?
Hayley Williams is the G.O.A.T. Yeah, we said it. Now, listen to us say it for 2 hours straight.
After the departure of the brothers Farrow, I don't think any of us imagined we'd be getting this album. But it turned out Hayley Williams' pipes weren't Paramore's only secret weapon, because Taylor and Jeremy also kicked their musicianship to a higher gear, and we'd argue the band was better off in the long-run letting Taylor take over all guitar work. Their 2013 release went on to be the band's first platinum album, and gave us the inescapable classic "Ain't It Fun", which we'd argue is one of the best songs of the twenty-teens.
They also managed to make the only album with interlude tracks worth a damn, so there's that.
We're back!!! We took some time off, but we're back to our regularly scheduled programming. Thanks for sticking around!
What a weird little gem of a 70s record this album was in a sea of the giant drums and guitars of 2006. The Format's sophomore effort sees the beginnings of what would become Nate Ruess'' next project, fun., with Jack Antonoff. That obviously went on to be a huge success, but if you haven't listened to this one, you absolutely should. It's a hell of an album, and we're sad we didn't get more from The Format.