Reminiscent | A Pop Punk and Emo Music Podcast

Deep into the era of "fart punk", Sum 41 released a music video unlike no other, as they are known to do. Borrowing heavily from Rodney Dangerfield's classic "Back to School", the band takes to a diving competition against some stereotypical jocks and manage to claim a W despite their antics. The guys look back on their days in a high school band trying to quickly learn the song before a show mayb...

Check Yes Juliet seems to be a song everybody knew from a band that nobody could remember. It made its way onto the airwaves and embedded itself deeply into the near-forgotten memories of most high schoolers in the early aughts. Still, the career of We The Kings never took off for some reason. In this episode, the guys break down the way the band was perceived in their high school, they both have...

As tensions run high and there are more reasons to lie on the floor in despair than ever (maybe? this is being written on 11/4???) a listener asks us to lift the vibe a bit with a draft of songs that make us want to shake our tail feathers. While there's some discussion around what constitutes as "dancing", and whether or not any song in this genre make one move in a way that can be officially des...

Happy Halloween everyone! This week we came across one of the strangest, most outlandish, most theatrical, and most fun music videos we've ever discussed. The line time is as long as the song name and features damn near every member on the Fueled by Ramen roster. Fall Out Boy really swung for the fences in their dramatic vampire short film that has absolutely nothing to do with the theme of the so...

While Wake Me Up When September Ends was originally written in remembrance of Bill Joe's father, the sheer reach and gravity of the song allowed for many different interpretations. The one that Green Day really seemed to run with was the 9/11 theme, and holy hell did they lean in for the music video. This thing is over 7 minutes long people, with nearly 4 minutes of dialogue embedded in the video....

Listen people.. We've got long flowing hair, we've got aviator sunglasses, we've got Fu Manchus, we've got thong sandals, collars under sweaters, suburban goths, eyebrow rings, and one absolute hell of a chorus. Nothing that happens in this video matters as much as how absolutely insane this song is. The guys talk about the banger of a chorus that is 'Punk Rock Princess', the beautiful message of...

If you were an edgy 12-year-old growing up in a depressed former steel town in rust belt Pennsylvania in the early 2000s, you probably listened to a lot of Linkin Park. Hell, if you were alive in any capacity in the early 2000s, you probably listened to a lot of Linkin Park, whether by choice or as a victim of terrestrial radio. When Hybrid Theory dropped in 2000, In The End just kind of took over...

Simple Plan was really on to something when they wrote I'm Just a Kid almost 20 years ago. If we're being honest, we're 29 and our lives still feel like a nightmare most days. The guys take some time to discuss how they resonated with this song back in the day, how they perpetually feel like dumb, lost kids, the movie New Guy, long pinchy sunglasses, writing on a rock that made the neighbor/child...

As far as early internet era guerrilla marketing efforts go, there are few as intricate and successful as Avril Lavigne's impromptu street performance (and possible murder?) that takes place in the Sk8er Boi music video. The second she sat down in that chair, the entire world changed, never to be the same. This week the guys discuss the insanity that is this video, the spelling of the song itself,...

Jeremie Lavigne of The Vinyl Countdown podcast joins us this week to discuss the endlessly poppy, fun, and oftentimes confusing album "So Wrong, It's Right" by All Time Low. Pat ponders a mega album of ATL's first 2 mainstream releases, Jeremie disses the only thing Tom has ever loved, Tom laughs it off like it didn't cut him to the core. and all 3 end up having a pretty nice time together.   Link...

The Postal Service occupies a very unique corner of the emo-verse of the early 2000s. Such Great Heights was a song that dominated airwaves in the early aughts, and still to this day remains a cult classic for white dudes approaching 30 with music commentary podcasts. The story of how the album came about, controversy surrounding the music video, lawsuits and eventual partnerships with the USPS, m...

We asked, Twitter responded, and now we delivered. The most anticipated draft ever done on this show, the "Lying on the Floor in Existential Despair Mixtape Draft". Deep into quarantine, things are getting heavy, and we needed a playlist that properly evoked the emotion in our cold dead hearts. Here you go.   BONUS EPISODES AND PHOTOS ON PATREON!   Links: Lying on the Floor Mixtape Draft on Apple...

Good Charlotte released Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous in 2002 and the world hasn't been the same since. Well, that's not all true. Actually, almost everything is the same, unfortunately. It took us nearly 20 years to really understand which this song was about. appreciate the body count in the second verse, and truly love the mayhem that is the music video. From surprise appearances by Chris Kir...

Ocean Avenue is a crazy good record. So good I can't believe it took this long to get to it. From the best run of 3 songs in pop punk history, to one of the greatest album closers, Ocean Avenue as a record has a ton to offer just about anyone. The guys talk about how they first came across the album, whether or not Yellowcard would be as famous as they were without the violin, there's a weird Ital...

While the guys may have been too afraid to admit "A Lesson in Romantics" was one of their favorite albums in high school, it totally was. This week they try to discuss this banger of an album opener, but an explosive laugh derails the whole episode pretty soon into the show. They fumble their way through the perception of this band in 2007, a sister discovering this album on an iPod and giving the...

The guys head back to the year 2005 with the "cutesy electronica" banger Here (In Your Arms) by Hellogoodbye. The song rips, the music video pays great homage to Wet Hot American Summer, and everyone thought about pogs for the first time since 1998. The guys also announce they are officially an anti-peanut butter podcast.   BONUS EPISODES AND PHOTOS ON PATREON!   Links: Here (In Your Arms) Music V...

We've been holding off on the Blink-182 episode for a very very special occasion, and how much more special can it be than episode 182?! We roll 182 dice (for real, check out the Patreon) and draft our favorite tracks from the Tom DeLonge era of Blink-182.   BONUS EPISODES AND PHOTOS ON PATREON!   Links: The Ultimate Blink-182 Discography Mixtape Draft on Apple Music The Ultimate Blink-182 Discogr...

One song to rule them all, one song to find them, one song to bring them all, and in the Church of Bryce bind them. That's how we feel about So Much Love by the Rocket Summer. The ultimate unifier, the answer to peace on Earth, and one of the best songs ever written? Not only is the song itself a force to be reckoned with, having been written and recorded entirely by ONE man, but the music video i...

2008 saw the release of some very poppy, very catchy acts in the pop scene, but not many as poppy or as catchy as Underdog Alma Mater by Forever the Sickest Kids. This album consisted of some pretty intense dance beats, killer half time vibes, and absolute bangers of choruses. Whoa Oh! (Me vs Everyone) sets the record off at a break neck pace which can be further amplified by the intensity and car...

Ben Gibbard has lead our fragile minds to ponder many heavy topics over time, dating back to our teenage years. Possibly none more than the music video for I Will Follow You Into the Dark, which aims to makes sense of the fear and unknown realities surrounding death. This week hit pretty hard as a recent tragedy took place between the times of recording and editing this episode, but we're trying t...

The Blink-182 family tree saw a huge growth to it's branch system when Tom DeLonge released the first full length album "We Don't Need to Whisper" with Angels & Airwaves in 2006. For just over 14 years the ambient sounds of chains, boots, walkie-talkies, and super delayed but vaguely familiar guitar riffs have blessed our boomboxes and iPods and you'd be hard pressed to take this record from our c...

All good things must end, but that doesn't mean it has to be a bummer. In this week's draft, a part 2 from last week's summer road trip mixtape draft, the guys pick the 8 songs they want to hear on the way back from the best summer road trip ever. The vibe is mellow, but not too mellow that you start drifting at the wheel. The guys relive some great mornings and evenings in high school, get way of...

Every great summer needs a road trip with friends, and every road trip with friends needs a killer playlist that you can scream at the top of your lungs. The guys offer some contradicting road trip advice and their top 8 picks for their ultimate summer road trip mixtape. Make sure to stream the playlists on Apple Music or Spotify!   BONUS EPISODES AND PHOTOS ON PATREON!   Links: The Ultimate Summe...

There are few feelings more visceral to a teenager than the desire to pack a a 1981 Honda Civic full of Doritos Cool Ranch, Mountain Dew, and trail mix and hit the road with your best friends, not knowing where you're going but leaving this god forsaken town in your rear view mirror. The Great Escape by Boys Like Girls captures that feeling almost perfectly, but so many people were afraid to absol...

Panic! At the Disco dropped their debut album "A Fever You Can't Sweat Out" in late 2005 and kind of took the entire world by storm. At that time, the whole circus freak vibe wasn't super mainstream (was it ever?) and music THAT catchy wasn't often heard side by side with such outlandish imagery. However, Panic! had just the right amount of something that made them a massive success. This week the...