Reminiscent | A Pop Punk and Emo Music Podcast

In the most reminiscent of Reminiscent episodes, and the final show before the rebrand, Tom, Pat, and Zach take a deep dive into what it was like growing up in a small town's booming music scene in the early 2000s. Tight pants, straight hair, and infinite breakdowns ruled everything around their playful pop punk band, but they stuck with it for 5 years and have loads of stories to tell.     Links:...

Tom takes a stressful bath right before recording, and then the guys launch right into the long awaited Avril Lavigne episode with some fun facts, and both are absolutely blown away by the numbers she's managed to pull since the dawn of her very early career. It's clear the pop-punk princess has been taken for granted by many, but it doesn't appear to have slowed her down.     Links: Restored on D...

In this special episode, Sam Pura, the owner and chief engineer at The Panda Studios, and long-time producer of The Story So Far's records joins Tom for a really interesting conversation about all that went in to the making of their latest album, Proper Dose. The conversation covered a lot of ground, from the struggles that went into making the record, some really amazing and out-of-the-box record...

Taking Back Sunday and their 2 hit albums Tell All Your Friends and Where You Want to be are the main topic of discussion this week, and as you probably could have guessed, the guys can't agree on which album is better. Some wild fan theories are discussed, including one of Tom's mom's (not a fan), and both recount some pivotal moments in their lives and the role that this band played.    Links: A...

One of the greatest boy bands of all time *NSYNC is the main topic of discussion this week. The guys give their usual fun facts, recount stories of when they first heard of the band, and the long disputed feud of Backstreet Boys vs. *NSYNC. Pat brings a wild theory to the table of the power struggle between JC and JT, and how it affected positioning in music videos and wild hair-dos. The guys then...

The guys do a full breakdown of My Chemical Romances first huge hit, I'm Not Okay off of their second studio album, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge. The song holds a special place in the guys' hearts, and they give some insight as to where their lives were when they first heard it. The guys then decide to cast the theoretical movie on which the music video is based.      Links: I'm Not Okay Music V...

The guys talk at great length about the 1997 pop banger "Mmmbop" by Hanson. They both share stories about what moment in time the songs makes them think about, whether or not it's actually a good song, and break down the lyrics, undeservedly, to a microscopic level. Also, Pat got engaged over the weekend, so that's cool!    Links: Mmmbop Song Facts Swan Song by The Good Fight Mmmhops Holiday by We...

Taylor Swift released a new album "reputation" and the guys break it down track by track and gives their impressions. In the hours since this episode was recorded, opinions have already changed, but feel free to hit us on Twitter to tell us how wrong we are!   Links: Perry v. Swift: Intentional Freak Show reputation Taylor Swift Performs on Saturday Night Live Taylor Swift Meme   Songs of the week...

The guys take a DEEP dive into Tom DeLonge (Former singer/guitarist of Blink-182's) new aerospace and entertainment company, To The Stars Academy of Arts and Science. Tom thinks he has potential to totally change the course of history as he helps the human species shift their understanding of what intelligent life means, and Pat is curiously hopeful for what may come if it. And as Ron Carnage is b...