A Little Bit Pop Punk

Sum 41 called fans far and wide to be a part of their new music video for “Goddamn I’m Dead Again” off their album 13 Voices. And the fans delivered!

You’ll get Paramore’s new track “Told You So” stuck in your head for days! The song falls right in line with “Hard Times”, with a new funky eighties pop sound. “Told You So” also features a pinch of electronica as well.

In the song’s video, Hayley Williams, Taylor York, and Zac Farro are beatniks, dressed head to toe in red. Hayley is alone, and jumps in front of the car with Taylor and Zac in it. She then joins the boys and goes to discover the world. 

In One Direction, Harry Styles was known for writing songs with a hint of folk rock (see “If I Could Fly” from Made In The A.M. and “Fool’s Gold” from Four). Harry Styles’ “Sweet Creature” falls right in line.

A lavish colorful wedding is the setting for the video for Bleacher’s “Don’t Take The Money”. A lavish colorful doomed wedding in the backyard of a New Jersey home, that is. It stars Bleachers’ frontman Jack Antonoff and Arrested Development’s Alia Shawkat and is directed by Girls’ star and Jack’s significant other Lena Dunham. 

The video opens with Jack and Alia sharing a few words before the wedding. Alia says it’s not a good idea, Jack just wants her blessing. The song and the wedding begins. Then things go totally astray. I love the video because it’s so detailed, every time you watch you see something new.

Nicki Minaj is a beautiful siren in her video for “Regret In Your Tears”. As she pulls away from a man in her bed, she retreats to the woods to a pond with a broken-down pickup and men in jeans and converse swimming around. This is her retreat, where she goes to make sense of her water-laden world.

Prior to the release of Motionless In White’s album Graveyard Shift, the band had one last thing to say. And that was their track “Rats”. The song was released just days before the album, and gives listeners one last preview before the show. 

It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for. At least the moment I’ve been waiting for. Pvris is back with new music!

White Noise was a brilliant debut album. There was no voice in the scene quite like Lynn Gunn’s. The band’s visuals and ghostly motifs hearkened back to the days of My Chemical Romance. And the band’s commitment to the art of their music was inspiring and unmatched. 

The only downside of White Noise was that it was only ten songs. Now Pvris have announced their second album All We Know Of Heaven, All We Need Of Hell which will drop August 4. The album will share White Noise’s dark themes, but will feature a more mature sound. 

All Time Low’s most recent single “Life Of The Party” may be their biggest departure from their classic pop punk sound yet. However, it is still distinctly ATL. 

Alex Gaskarth and Jack Barakat have always been know as party animals. However, they are now in their late twenties, are five albums deep in an extremely popular band, and are playing stadiums and massive tours instead of Warped Tour of yesteryear. Alex Gaskarth is now married, and Jack Barakat co-owns two bars in Baltimore and LA. They’re not kids anymore. “Life Of The Party” is their response to maturing and facing that party life they’re so known for. 

The song is a good song, it’s just doesn’t sound like an All Time Low song. Their sound is changing, just like the boys are. Alex’s poetic lyrics are still present and the All Time Low attitude is still there, but it sounds less garage and more engineered, with effects and synths. 

Prepare for a little bit of shock the first time you listen to Fall Out Boy’s “Young And Menace”. It’s not the Fall Out Boy of From Under The Cork Tree or Infinity On High. It’s unlike any Fall Out Boy you’ve ever heard before. 

“Let You Go” is a Machine Gun Kelly song unlike any other. The rapper raps the verses, sings the choruses, and plays guitar throughout the song. There’s no featured guest vocalist on the loop as in his last singles “Bad Things” and “At My Best”. 

So I’m trying a new series. Whenever I visit my local record store, I’m going to make a haul video (Snapchat style of course!) then upload it on my YouTube @omchimmers and here at alittlebitpoppunk.tumblr.com!

Katy Perry is no stranger to innuendos and double meanings. Her last single “Chained To The Rhythm” is a song about political complacency disguised as a catchy pop song.