![]() It's an uncomplicated way of expressing conflicting emotions. ![]() The chorus opens with the line "This quicksand, it pulls me under, it pulls me underneath her," and, immediately, it clicks, and you understand what the song is about, no doubts. Quicksand, one of The Story So Far's best-known songs, the one you get on every playlist at pop-punk clubs, and the first one I heard, is a testament to the band's straightforward style of writing. ( "I'm falling in and out again" / "You have no idea how unproductive it is to fall in and out of you as often as I do.")įavourite line: "Lately I've been feeling gray but today I'm alright, no thanks to you." (And believe me, I have played Roam a lot over the past five years.) We also find a nice little parallel with States And Minds, which I love. One of the best examples of it in Roam, the one that strikes me the most, is "Let's wreck everything I build except the pace." I can't quite explain how much I adore this line, but it makes my jaw drop every single time. Not everything has to be pure poetry and complicated turns of phrases, but everything has to be well-thought-out to click with me. Not to be a cliché of myself, the girl who's writing this, but as a lyrics person through and through, I tend to appreciate clever songwriting. Historically, alternative music, which pop-punk is a part of, is a genre for the outcasts and the people who don't know what their place in the world is, and it's where its universality lies. A lot of people tend to describe some pop songs as music made to be screamed with your friends and enjoyed in a group setting, but it works for pop-punk tracks like Roam too. Roam is a live staple, and it feels liberating beyond words to shout "give up and go home, alone, and suffer some more" with everyone else in the crowd, like we have all waited for this moment to get our frustrations out. I am a sucker for songs seamlessly fading into each other. I have to celebrate States And Minds merging right into the next track, Roam- it's one of the elements of music I find unbelievably satisfying. The album opens on States And Minds, a mostly instrumental introduction, save for the line "I'm falling in and out again." It is a perfect way to set the mood and tell you almost exactly what is going to happen during the following thirty-two minutes. ![]() Finally, if anything sounds vague, it's because I choose not to assume things about people. Also, I've got a big, probably hyperactive brain. It is a collection of songs that have accompanied me for the past five years of my life, an album written by a young band, a record that takes the listener on a journey through all sorts of conflicting feelings, trying to make sense of them, loss in almost every sense of the word, anger, and the vague acceptance that human emotions can be ugly sometimes, but it's okay to experience them and get them out anyway.ĭisclaimer before we start: when my brain decided to start writing about specific songs and albums, it somehow remembered I have an English degree that had a module on English and American literature, hence all the potential over-analysing. Before we look back at this, if we ever do, we are going to celebrate Under Soil And Dirt. Throughout the years, I have grown to love and appreciate The Story So Far and their music immensely, a story that could almost be a post of its own, with all its valleys and peaks, its adventures, started in my brother's old flat in suburban France, leading me all the way to a field in Chicago. A decade down the line, it is still regarded as an important piece of music and, chances are, if you asked a pop-punk fan for music recommendations, they would put this on the list. Looking back, it's nothing short of impressive how a group of young people, who were virtually unknown, put out a piece of art, a collection of songs that became instantly iconic to many people, revived a genre on the rocks, and has largely stood the test of time. This record launched them into the stratosphere of the scene and turned them into powerhouses of the genre. About a month ago now, the scene celebrated the ten-year anniversary of an album that turned out to be instrumental in the pop-punk revival of the early 2010s and in what we call sadboi pop-punk: Under Soil And Dirt by Californian band The Story So Far.
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