New Music Report – July 30, 2021
This week here was a pretty light week, as it turns out. Like I said last time, things are really looking to pick up around mid-August, which means we’re still getting hit with a ton of new singles from upcoming releases that are all really, really good. But conversely, we’re left with a kind of light week for full releases. But it’s a big one for old school easycore fans, with Chunk! No, Captain Chunk’s first album release in six years, so even on the light weeks, there’s something to look forward to.
Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! – Time is weird, I’ve seen so many waves and iterations of pop punk, I’m not even really sure what it is anymore. It existed for a while and it was a bit of a catch all term, then it fell out of fashion, then it had a big resurgence in the early 2010s with bands like The Wonder Years and The Story So Far, and now Machine Gun Kelly makes pop punk? And it’s kinda weird to figure out where easycore fits in there because it was always kind of part of the pop punk scene but it also sort of operated autonomously. And thankfully, Chunk! No, Captain Chunk is doing just that, cause this all feels very familiar and I’m really into it. I’ll be honest, I avoided these guys for years cause I think their name is really stupid, but now I’m glad I gave them a shot. There’s a lot of complexity and melody to this album, in a way that’s missing from a lot of easycore albums, but it still maintains that quasi-pop punk bounce that’s just a ton of fun. There’s a lot to like about this album and I’d recommend anyone, new fan or old, check this out. I still hate their name though,
Singles/Albums – King Woman (LP, Doom Metal), Jinjer (Metalcore), Phinehas (Metalcore), Rivers of Nihil (Death Metal), Shadow of Intent (Deathcore), Thrice (Rock), The Plot in You (Post-Hardcore), Turnstile (Hardcore Punk), Telle (Pop, Feat. Mindy White of Lydia), We Butter the Bread with Butter (Post-Hardcore/Electronicore), The Voynich Code (Prog Metalcore), Employed to Serve (Metalcore), The Bronx (Punk)