Where do I start? Pop punk has always been my all time favorite genre since I began to have my “musical taste reasoning” as what I like to call it. It’s bright, upbeat, airy, and it just keeps you going. The late 90s to ’00s were the days when pop punk and alternative rock really flourished into mainstream from being underground for so long. Unfortunately, pop punk has slowly lost popularity in the later years while emo music took over the rock charts -I’m not talking in proper music genre terms as these are based on my own opinions so.. yeah- . I personally hate emo music because they tend to be cliche and doesn’t have that upbeat vibe that I always loved with music.

Another reason that made me love pop punk are the good memories I had listening to them back when I was in grade school until early in high school. I remember the times when I would sit on the porch in school just having a good time listening to music on my then 128MB mp3 player. Those were the carefree days, good days .

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Now to get on topic; I found out about “Nothing Personal” by All Time Low yesterday and decided to download it. All I can say is, it has satisfied my pop punk cravings that even Hit the Lights can’t do. Every track reminds me of the good days I had and the catchy tunes made me want to sing along to it -or at least lip-dub to it -

Now moving on to the individual tracks; there are 12 songs packed in this album. But only three songs caught my attention;

1. A Party Song (The Walk Of Shame) – I love the upbeat mood, good vocals, and good backup vox reverb
2. Damned If I Do Ya (Damned If I Don’t) – Good intro, Good chorus
3. Keep The Change, You Filthy Animal – Good chorus rhythm

Now just to be clear, I judge (and I tend to get technical into stuff) songs mix wise, by the intro, rhythm, and on how catchy it is. I don’t care about the lyrics unless I can really relate to it or I dunno. It’s just me.

With a list of producers (Matt Squire, Butch Walker, David Bendeth, S*A*M & Sluggo, and The-Dream) who have been in the industry for years, No wonder every track has been laid out smoothly, crisp sounds, and overall, good mixes.

The album is due to be released on July 7 but I got a digital copy of it beforehand and I hope I get to grab a copy once they hit the record store shelves. Definitely worth my $10.