(I got onto a computer! Crazy, isn't it. Mine's still broken though, which makes posting regularly very annoyingly difficult)
On Friday, this very Friday, begins the 2013 Leeds Festival. I am going to this festival. I am so excited that I have been having trouble sleeping, which is somewhat troublesome because I should probably get the rest now seeing as I'll be up and about pretty much all day every day when I get there.
This year has an amazing line-up, the best line-up you could hope for after 2011 featured My Chemical Romance. We've got Bring Me The Horizon, Green Day, Deaf Havana, and - most importantly for a fair amount of people, I think, because until this year all the newer fans like myself thought we'd never get to see them perform live - Fall Out Boy. Stoked does not cut it.
So, to try and help work through my own excitement enough that I can sleep tonight, and also help any of you who are somewhat unsure who to go and see at Leeds this year, here are the songs by my favourite bands and artists that will be there that I am most excited to see. (apologies for the breakdown in my ability to express myself as the post goes on, I was getting more and more excited)
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Saturday, 27 April 2013
Fuck Off
a playlist for when you feel like slapping everybody who looks at you.
Leathermouth - 5th Period Massacre
Bring Me The Horizon - Antivist
Slipknot - Duality
The Blackout - Fashion Conscious Suicide
Sleeping With Sirens - With Ears To See And Eyes To Hear
My Chemical Romance - This Is How I Disappear
Of Mice & Men - I'm A Monster
Fall Out Boy - XO
You Me At Six feat. Oli Sykes - Bite My Tongue
Leathermouth - 5th Period Massacre
Bring Me The Horizon - Antivist
Slipknot - Duality
The Blackout - Fashion Conscious Suicide
Sleeping With Sirens - With Ears To See And Eyes To Hear
My Chemical Romance - This Is How I Disappear
Of Mice & Men - I'm A Monster
Fall Out Boy - XO
You Me At Six feat. Oli Sykes - Bite My Tongue
Tuesday, 2 April 2013
Pulp Party 2013 - Sound Control, Manchester
As you might guess, I found about this when I was in Pulp. I was in there to give them my CV, and was so scared of talking to the sop assistants that I needed the excuse of spending £20 on a The Blackout t-shirt to get me near one. They mentioned this party thing as I was checking out, and it slipped to the back of my mind for a while.
Then, last month, I remembered it again for some reason. Fortunately, it was at such a convenient time that I managed to buy my friend Alix a ticket as well, as her birthday present. It looked good - at Sound Control, a small venue in central Manchester near the Ritz, the Palace Theatre, and the Cornerhouse Cinema (the pornerhouse if you've ever actually watched anything in there. I saw El Piel Que Habito, and it's scarred me for life) - and had a promising line-up; two small bands, Leopards and Lacey, with a DJ set by Sean Smith and Matthew Davies of The Blackout.
We turned up quite early, when there was just a small queue, which was lucky, because after about ten minutes The Scenekids turned up. I'm not saying I'm not one, because I do have some traits that undeniably are part of the whole erm . . . scene . . . but these guys were hardcore. Rainbows, tutus, neon facepaint, cat whiskers, lots of jumping on each other and having pretend orgies. You know the ones. Harmless, but a bit alarming. They're something to look at anyway, and fascinating in the way that they seem to multiply out of thin air, like wet Mogwai from Gremlins.
I was a bit confused as to why the downstairs was used for this evening, because of the pillars in the middle of the room that made it a bit dangerous if you were, say, me, who seemed to be expected to withstand the full force of a growing mosh pit while having my head knocked against one of said pillars. However, for the first two sets they died out pretty quickly because of a spate of mysterious disappearances - one guy's glasses disappeared right off his face and all we found was one lens.
The first set was the five-piece, Leopards. The sound needed to be sorted a bit because there was more bass than vocals (according to a bassist friend of mine, that's how it's supposed to sound), but otherwise it was good. Loud and thrashy and angry stuff, made better by the fact that Jenna (vocals) had a signed We Are The In Crowd t-shirt to give to the person she decided had gone craziest, which of course sent a large portion of the crowd into overdrive. I wanted to join in and get the t-shirt too, just to say I had - I don't even listen to WATIC, I'm just a spiteful and competitive person. The one thing that unnerved me a bit was the extreme confidence that Leopards showed - they really really went for it, which worried me a bit because of the cramped space we were in, and because I'm only used to that kind of brazenness from really big bands. But I suppose you need confidence to get out there and perform, so at the very least they've got that right.
Then came Lacey, from Nottingham as they informed us, followed by "don't go there, it's a shithole". They were good, too, and did a cover of that high-pitched, really annoying Ellie Goulding song (sorry, that just means all of them - I think I'm referring specifically to the song Anything Could Happen) but actually made it enjoyable. Their special prize for the performing monkeys at the front was a signed A Day To Remember t-shirt, which I was going to get as well but didn't because I was hiding from the mosh pit.
At some point, Sean and Matt turned up. Alix and I had been trying to work out how they'd get in without being mobbed, and I was running with the idea that they had just been hiding under the covered table in the corner all day and they'd just crawl out. I still don't know if that's actually what happened, but I do know that, as cool as I thought I might be about finally being near a Big Band Person, from the moment I saw the red hair I was stood behind Alix, hissing,
"THEY ACTUALLY EXIST. BAND PEOPLE EXIST OFFSTAGE. LOOK AT HIS HAIR. THIS IS THE CLOSEST I'VE BEEN TO A COOL PERSON."
But I kind of got that under control.
Sean and Matt's set was, as I suspected, full of songs we'd know - at one point I wasn't sure if they were playing the Kerrang! Rock 100 or not, but that's not a massive problem. Rollin', Last Resort, Weightless . . . it's all music I like, and everyone was enjoying themselves. I spent the first half an hour stood really close to them, trying to get some photos but failing because I have a terrible camera that doesn't understand that night mode means it's supposed to put the flash on, until this lovely girl offered to time her photos with mine so that her flash would light them up enough for me to get proper photos. Thank you, mystery flasher girl.
Me and Alix wanted photos with, at the very least, Sean, but obviously so did everyone else, which meant there was quite a crowd around them. I managed to get us through to the side of the table and hold back a few people that tried to push past (don't get in the way of me and my fucking band people, I will snap your arm off and beat out your teeth with it). However, then came the challenge of Talking To Strangers, which I really struggle with, even more so when I'm asking for something off them, because what if they say no?
But of course Sean didn't, he was lovely, and he said thank you to us after we'd taken our pictures. I'm still buzzing off it. Excuse my creepiness in this post, but I have touched Sean Smith. He is the person that makes me wish I could do screaming. Aaaaahhhhhhhhh.
Mission accomplished, it was a lot easier to relax. I found myself dancing and singing to Misery Business by Paramore, which is something I never thought I'd do. I sang along a lot, went a bit mental when they played I'm Not Okay (I Promise), and I experienced for the first time the phenomenon that is the Harlem Shake. They just started playing it, and everyone joined in - I feel like it's not just music, it's some kind of hypnotism. I don't remember deciding to do whatever it was I did at all. Twas fun though, as was the whole evening.
Then, last month, I remembered it again for some reason. Fortunately, it was at such a convenient time that I managed to buy my friend Alix a ticket as well, as her birthday present. It looked good - at Sound Control, a small venue in central Manchester near the Ritz, the Palace Theatre, and the Cornerhouse Cinema (the pornerhouse if you've ever actually watched anything in there. I saw El Piel Que Habito, and it's scarred me for life) - and had a promising line-up; two small bands, Leopards and Lacey, with a DJ set by Sean Smith and Matthew Davies of The Blackout.
We turned up quite early, when there was just a small queue, which was lucky, because after about ten minutes The Scenekids turned up. I'm not saying I'm not one, because I do have some traits that undeniably are part of the whole erm . . . scene . . . but these guys were hardcore. Rainbows, tutus, neon facepaint, cat whiskers, lots of jumping on each other and having pretend orgies. You know the ones. Harmless, but a bit alarming. They're something to look at anyway, and fascinating in the way that they seem to multiply out of thin air, like wet Mogwai from Gremlins.
I was a bit confused as to why the downstairs was used for this evening, because of the pillars in the middle of the room that made it a bit dangerous if you were, say, me, who seemed to be expected to withstand the full force of a growing mosh pit while having my head knocked against one of said pillars. However, for the first two sets they died out pretty quickly because of a spate of mysterious disappearances - one guy's glasses disappeared right off his face and all we found was one lens.
The first set was the five-piece, Leopards. The sound needed to be sorted a bit because there was more bass than vocals (according to a bassist friend of mine, that's how it's supposed to sound), but otherwise it was good. Loud and thrashy and angry stuff, made better by the fact that Jenna (vocals) had a signed We Are The In Crowd t-shirt to give to the person she decided had gone craziest, which of course sent a large portion of the crowd into overdrive. I wanted to join in and get the t-shirt too, just to say I had - I don't even listen to WATIC, I'm just a spiteful and competitive person. The one thing that unnerved me a bit was the extreme confidence that Leopards showed - they really really went for it, which worried me a bit because of the cramped space we were in, and because I'm only used to that kind of brazenness from really big bands. But I suppose you need confidence to get out there and perform, so at the very least they've got that right.
Then came Lacey, from Nottingham as they informed us, followed by "don't go there, it's a shithole". They were good, too, and did a cover of that high-pitched, really annoying Ellie Goulding song (sorry, that just means all of them - I think I'm referring specifically to the song Anything Could Happen) but actually made it enjoyable. Their special prize for the performing monkeys at the front was a signed A Day To Remember t-shirt, which I was going to get as well but didn't because I was hiding from the mosh pit.
At some point, Sean and Matt turned up. Alix and I had been trying to work out how they'd get in without being mobbed, and I was running with the idea that they had just been hiding under the covered table in the corner all day and they'd just crawl out. I still don't know if that's actually what happened, but I do know that, as cool as I thought I might be about finally being near a Big Band Person, from the moment I saw the red hair I was stood behind Alix, hissing,
"THEY ACTUALLY EXIST. BAND PEOPLE EXIST OFFSTAGE. LOOK AT HIS HAIR. THIS IS THE CLOSEST I'VE BEEN TO A COOL PERSON."
But I kind of got that under control.
Sean and Matt's set was, as I suspected, full of songs we'd know - at one point I wasn't sure if they were playing the Kerrang! Rock 100 or not, but that's not a massive problem. Rollin', Last Resort, Weightless . . . it's all music I like, and everyone was enjoying themselves. I spent the first half an hour stood really close to them, trying to get some photos but failing because I have a terrible camera that doesn't understand that night mode means it's supposed to put the flash on, until this lovely girl offered to time her photos with mine so that her flash would light them up enough for me to get proper photos. Thank you, mystery flasher girl.
Me and Alix wanted photos with, at the very least, Sean, but obviously so did everyone else, which meant there was quite a crowd around them. I managed to get us through to the side of the table and hold back a few people that tried to push past (don't get in the way of me and my fucking band people, I will snap your arm off and beat out your teeth with it). However, then came the challenge of Talking To Strangers, which I really struggle with, even more so when I'm asking for something off them, because what if they say no?
But of course Sean didn't, he was lovely, and he said thank you to us after we'd taken our pictures. I'm still buzzing off it. Excuse my creepiness in this post, but I have touched Sean Smith. He is the person that makes me wish I could do screaming. Aaaaahhhhhhhhh.
Mission accomplished, it was a lot easier to relax. I found myself dancing and singing to Misery Business by Paramore, which is something I never thought I'd do. I sang along a lot, went a bit mental when they played I'm Not Okay (I Promise), and I experienced for the first time the phenomenon that is the Harlem Shake. They just started playing it, and everyone joined in - I feel like it's not just music, it's some kind of hypnotism. I don't remember deciding to do whatever it was I did at all. Twas fun though, as was the whole evening.
Wednesday, 27 March 2013
Songs For Dark Times
I wasn't really feeling like posting today. I just kind of wanted to tune everything out, turn the thoughts in my head into white noise and then just sleep for a few days, y'know? But the thing is that I committed myself to doing this properly, to show that I can keep doing it. It's also really not a good idea to just lie there thinking about how bad you feel, it's just a vicious cycle of self-hatred. So I thought; "why not do something productive with this? There's loads of people out there who feel like this, and we can maybe do a little bit to help them pass the time."
I will do this in the form of music. Music for when you feel like there's nothing there, or when you feel like everything's there and it's stampeding in through your eyes and ears and stabbing your brain and it's too much. Music to make you feel better, or at least to give you some respite from feeling at all, without resorting to unhealthy methods. Or at least, that's what I hope it'll do. It's going to start off pretty dark, anyway.
I'll give you fair warning; this is going to contain My Chemical Romance songs.
Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
I don't know why I want to start with this one really. I suppose it just kind of sets the mood. Very gloomy, but also sparkly, which is good.
My Chemical Romance - I Never Told You What I Do For A Living
It's a song that I really under-appreciated for a while, because it's the very last song on the Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge album. But I really love it. It's just all this blood and anger, it's like a murderous rampage - and it's got awesome lyrics; "Another knife in my hands, a stain that never comes off the sheets, clean me off, I'm so dirty babe, it ain't the money and it sure as hell ain't just for the fame, it's for the bodies I claim and lose". Gerard's vocals are so distressed and raw on this, I just jf;lfja;ldjfa;ljfasdl
The Blackout - Hard Slammin'
I have this habit of skipping most of the songs on an album, so it took me ages before I found this one - I think it crept up on me while I was listening to my iPod one day. I am very glad that this happened, because this is an amazing song and really makes me wish I knew how to scream (pretty much all of Sean Smith's vocals make me wish I knew how to scream really, he's amazing at it). Plus I love the breakdown bit in the middle, with erm . . . with the screaming. Yeah.
Gorillaz - On Melancholy Hill
Time for a little respite from the furious songs from before; a bit of time to get your breath back and just releeeaasseeee the tensssioonnnn. It's working on me, at least. This is a brilliant song, as all Gorillaz songs are (I have yet to meet a person who doesn't like Gorillaz). It's sort of a bit sad, but also really chilled and a little bit romantic, lyrics-wise. And also, you think that maybe the manatee is a metaphor for something in the lyrics, but then the video's like ". . . no, there's a big hill and it's got a fuckin' huge manatee on it".
Pierce The Veil - Hold On Till May (feat. Lindsey Stamey)
I have a lot of love for this song. It's pulled me back from some bad places on quite a lot of occasions, not only because it sounds so beautiful, but it actually means something. Vic's said in the past that it's about a friend of his who was neglected by her parents, so to see if they cared she used to do crazy stuff like climbing really high up trees to see how long it took them to notice she was gone, and it stayed with her for life. You may not have been neglected by your parents, but you can feel abandoned by a lot of different people. I like it because of the sort of dialogue part; "If I were you, I'd put that away - see you're just wasted and thinking about the past again, darling you'll be ok." "If you were me, you'd do the same. 'Cause I can't take any more, I'll draw the shades and close the door, everything's not alright, and I would rather . . .". It's not just doing the 'it gets better routine', it's speaking from the other side as well, the hurt and confused side.
My Chemical Romance - Famous Last Words
Skip this one if you're still a bit sore. I am, too, but I think what we need to remember here is that, like they said, the message of the band lives on. They saved your lives before, and they can do it again. Just listen to the message in the songs. That's why I love this one. It's not cheerful, by any means, it's written from inside a very dark place. But it's still defiant. It's that feeling of down-but-not-out, that as hurt and dark and shitty as you may feel, it's not over and you will go out kicking and screaming if you have to.
Suicide Silence - You Only Live Once
THIS IS THE TRUE FUCKING MEANING OF YOLO.
Get back into fighting mode, thrash about to this, it's amazing and it makes me swear very loudly. Despite what you might think because of your preconcieved notions about bands with names like 'Suicide Silence', this is actually a pretty motivational song - "Live life hard, you only get one shot, so shoot!" - with the most amazing start I have ever heard in my life. Plus, there is the message of the singer, the late legend Mitch Lucker himself; "Keep listening to music, 'cause it gets you through everything, I promise". So there you go. You only live once, so just go fucking nuts.
Sleeping With Sirens - Do It Now, Remember It Later
It's a nice happy/angry song (I like angry songs) about doing . . . whatever you want, screw the consequences and screw the opinions of others, because you should do what makes you happy, regardless of what other people think is cool (unless you're hurting someone without their prior consent or taking advantage of someone). Get up and dance and sing, bitches.
My Chemical Romance - Save Yourself, I'll Hold Them Back
I Don't Even Care It's My Blog And If I Want To Post Loads Of MCR I Can (Stop Typing With Your Arse Because I Don't Care About Your Shitty Opinions). That's Fall Out Boy's next song, and I co-wrote it. Anyway, I love this one because it's all rock'n'roll and shouty and get-out-of-my-way-I've-got-a-laser-gun-and-I'm-wearing-rainbow-pants. See what an improvement it's made? An hour ago I was seeing in black and white, except mostly black.
So that's my attempt to try and make you feel better if you're feeling low. It's worked on me, definitely. It might not make you feel on top of the world, but I hope it at least gives you a short rest from the inside of your head.
I will do this in the form of music. Music for when you feel like there's nothing there, or when you feel like everything's there and it's stampeding in through your eyes and ears and stabbing your brain and it's too much. Music to make you feel better, or at least to give you some respite from feeling at all, without resorting to unhealthy methods. Or at least, that's what I hope it'll do. It's going to start off pretty dark, anyway.
I'll give you fair warning; this is going to contain My Chemical Romance songs.
Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
I don't know why I want to start with this one really. I suppose it just kind of sets the mood. Very gloomy, but also sparkly, which is good.
My Chemical Romance - I Never Told You What I Do For A Living
It's a song that I really under-appreciated for a while, because it's the very last song on the Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge album. But I really love it. It's just all this blood and anger, it's like a murderous rampage - and it's got awesome lyrics; "Another knife in my hands, a stain that never comes off the sheets, clean me off, I'm so dirty babe, it ain't the money and it sure as hell ain't just for the fame, it's for the bodies I claim and lose". Gerard's vocals are so distressed and raw on this, I just jf;lfja;ldjfa;ljfasdl
The Blackout - Hard Slammin'
I have this habit of skipping most of the songs on an album, so it took me ages before I found this one - I think it crept up on me while I was listening to my iPod one day. I am very glad that this happened, because this is an amazing song and really makes me wish I knew how to scream (pretty much all of Sean Smith's vocals make me wish I knew how to scream really, he's amazing at it). Plus I love the breakdown bit in the middle, with erm . . . with the screaming. Yeah.
Gorillaz - On Melancholy Hill
Time for a little respite from the furious songs from before; a bit of time to get your breath back and just releeeaasseeee the tensssioonnnn. It's working on me, at least. This is a brilliant song, as all Gorillaz songs are (I have yet to meet a person who doesn't like Gorillaz). It's sort of a bit sad, but also really chilled and a little bit romantic, lyrics-wise. And also, you think that maybe the manatee is a metaphor for something in the lyrics, but then the video's like ". . . no, there's a big hill and it's got a fuckin' huge manatee on it".
Pierce The Veil - Hold On Till May (feat. Lindsey Stamey)
I have a lot of love for this song. It's pulled me back from some bad places on quite a lot of occasions, not only because it sounds so beautiful, but it actually means something. Vic's said in the past that it's about a friend of his who was neglected by her parents, so to see if they cared she used to do crazy stuff like climbing really high up trees to see how long it took them to notice she was gone, and it stayed with her for life. You may not have been neglected by your parents, but you can feel abandoned by a lot of different people. I like it because of the sort of dialogue part; "If I were you, I'd put that away - see you're just wasted and thinking about the past again, darling you'll be ok." "If you were me, you'd do the same. 'Cause I can't take any more, I'll draw the shades and close the door, everything's not alright, and I would rather . . .". It's not just doing the 'it gets better routine', it's speaking from the other side as well, the hurt and confused side.
My Chemical Romance - Famous Last Words
Skip this one if you're still a bit sore. I am, too, but I think what we need to remember here is that, like they said, the message of the band lives on. They saved your lives before, and they can do it again. Just listen to the message in the songs. That's why I love this one. It's not cheerful, by any means, it's written from inside a very dark place. But it's still defiant. It's that feeling of down-but-not-out, that as hurt and dark and shitty as you may feel, it's not over and you will go out kicking and screaming if you have to.
Suicide Silence - You Only Live Once
THIS IS THE TRUE FUCKING MEANING OF YOLO.
Get back into fighting mode, thrash about to this, it's amazing and it makes me swear very loudly. Despite what you might think because of your preconcieved notions about bands with names like 'Suicide Silence', this is actually a pretty motivational song - "Live life hard, you only get one shot, so shoot!" - with the most amazing start I have ever heard in my life. Plus, there is the message of the singer, the late legend Mitch Lucker himself; "Keep listening to music, 'cause it gets you through everything, I promise". So there you go. You only live once, so just go fucking nuts.
Sleeping With Sirens - Do It Now, Remember It Later
It's a nice happy/angry song (I like angry songs) about doing . . . whatever you want, screw the consequences and screw the opinions of others, because you should do what makes you happy, regardless of what other people think is cool (unless you're hurting someone without their prior consent or taking advantage of someone). Get up and dance and sing, bitches.
My Chemical Romance - Save Yourself, I'll Hold Them Back
I Don't Even Care It's My Blog And If I Want To Post Loads Of MCR I Can (Stop Typing With Your Arse Because I Don't Care About Your Shitty Opinions). That's Fall Out Boy's next song, and I co-wrote it. Anyway, I love this one because it's all rock'n'roll and shouty and get-out-of-my-way-I've-got-a-laser-gun-and-I'm-wearing-rainbow-pants. See what an improvement it's made? An hour ago I was seeing in black and white, except mostly black.
So that's my attempt to try and make you feel better if you're feeling low. It's worked on me, definitely. It might not make you feel on top of the world, but I hope it at least gives you a short rest from the inside of your head.
Wednesday, 6 March 2013
The Blackout Don't Get Enough Love
Not a particularly new picture of them (Sean's hair has been about four different colours since then) but idc I love it
The Blackout are a great band, they really are. Six guys, fronted by Gavin Butler (nice singing) and Sean Smith (loud angry singing and screaming), from Merthyr Tydfil in Wales - no, I haven't heard of it either - who are part of that group of Really Good Bands That Somehow Appeared From Darkest Wales, such as Kids In Glass Houses and Lostprophets. Incidentally, The Blackout supported Lostprophets on tour. There's Smatkins fanfiction out there (Sean Smith + Ian Watkins . . .).
But that's beside the point. I'm talking about The Blackout specifically here, and how brilliant they are because, although they're definitely not an unknown band - they've just returned from playing Soundwave along with the likes of Mindless Self Indulgence, Of Mice & Men and Bring Me The Horizon - I don't feel like they're as known as they should be. The kind of sounds they make, they should be filling up the MEN, not just the Ritz. Even I don't give them as much love as I should do, and I've got . . . let's see . . . seven TBO posters in my room. I saw them in November 2011 as my First Ever Proper Gig, although that didn't go too brilliantly for me because of my concert fear. I wanted to see them this January when they were at HMV Ritz, and I nearly threw myself out of a double decker bus to get in when I went past the venue on the day and saw all the fans outside. I was seriously contemplating not going to a friend's birthday so I could see them.
I like that they have such a massive variety of sounds as you listen through their discography, ranging from the very stereotypical 'emo' kind of music at the beginning in We Are The Dynamite, through to more pop rocky type stuff, and then onto Start The Party (their newest album, released this January), but they're all done really well and in a very obvious TBO kind of way. There's no other band that I know of that sounds quite like them, which is good, because there's a lot of pop punk bands out there that you could swap and change without noticing.
Their older stuff is a lot more WE ARE VERY ANGRY ABOUT ALL THE STUFF (see Fashion Conscious Suicide, for example) but sometimes it's good to have music like that, for when you are VERY ANGRY ABOUT ALL THE STUFF. None of it sounds half-hearted, so even if it is a bit melodramatic, at least they mean it, which I think counts for a lot. I don't like it when it sounds like a band are just sticking with the first half-decent sounds they can come up with.
Then you get onto the more recent album, The Best in Town and Hope, it gets slightly less screamy - although The Fire and We're Going To Hell . . . So Bring The Sunblock are still in that vein - and more mainstream style rock, but still awesome. I got The Best In Town as one of my 16th birthday presents, and I listened to it on repeat for quite some time. I still need to get hold of Hope in physical format, but I have it and it's a brilliant album (will dance for adjectives). It's more neat and polished than the previous albums, and in some places a lot more chilled than them as well, but there's no mistaking that it's them.
Start The Party's an album that I like, but it's still kind of growing on me, because although there are songs on there that I love, there's some others, like You, that sound a bit bored and quite obviously like they could do better. I don't know, I just personally prefer it when Gavin does the proper singing. Still, there are some proper party songs on there, which is what they were going for, I suppose.
I also love - in fangirly mode here - that they've done tours with both Pierce The Veil and My Chemical Romance, because AWEOEJFIJDSOIFJDSKJF. There's that and their shameless plugging of their various clothes lines - Sean label Dirty Love and Gavin's label Monster Merchandise, for example - which really aren't that bad. I can't express how much I want a Cool Cats Clan t-shirt, although their actual band merch is really cool, and I keep accidentally spending a lot of money on it - seriously, look (I have the cat one):
That said, here are five of my favourite TBO songs:
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