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Pigeonholed EP (2009) by Lipona

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.

Posted 30 April 2009 † admin § 2009 § 5 stars § lipona § reviews ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Ocean Avenue (2003) by Yellowcard

Yellowcard
Ocean Avenue
2003, Capitol
pop punk, alternative
½
In interviews, lead singer Ryan Key of Yellowcard has often disputed the idea that the band is ‘pop punk’ and claims they are ‘pop rock.’ In my opinion, their debut Ocean Avenue shows Yellowcard is infinitely more ‘pop’ than they are ‘pop punk,’ but that’s beside the point.
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Posted 30 January 2009 † admin § 2003 § 3 stars § reviews § yellowcard ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Based on a True Story (2005) by The Starting Line

Genre: pop punk
Rating:
“Bedroom Talk,” “The B-List,” “Photography,” and “Stay Where I Can See You.”
myspace, last.fm
The Starting Line’s Direction, Driver F’s Chase The White Whale

As the title attests, much of the lyrical matter seems to come from the personal lives of the members, making this album both an intrusion and a time capsule of where they were when it was recorded…

Posted 09 December 2008 † admin § 2005 § 4 stars § reviews § the starting line ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,