Lipona
Pigeonholed EP
2009, unsigned (!)
pop-punk, post-grunge
It’s official – EPs are killing me this year. There seems to be a trend in making an EP that’s a shorter version of a self-contained, concise full-length. EPs that are preludes or postludes for full-length albums are a thing of the past, and that isn’t any more evident than in Lipona’s Pigeonholed EP.
It’s been a while since I’ve heard good ‘pop-punk,’ but Lipona has managed to exceed that fake genre and create something that’s truer to the spirit of punk. To understand what I mean, you need to read the lyrics of these songs while listening to them. There’s an honesty to them that eclipses anything I’ve heard in a long time – and thankfully, Lipona doesn’t mince the lyrics to fit the chords. If this EP is any indication, we need to prepare ourselves for a whole new wave of punk.
“Beginning the Dynamite Era,” “Reverberations.”
myspace, last.fm
The Starting Line’s Based on a True Story, Driver F’s Chase the White Whale
Disclosure: The entire EP is being offered for free to ANYONE here. Guess where I got my copy from.
