It’s relatively easy to start a pop punk/ramonescore band in the Lookout! Records mold. Learn a couple chords, find a drummer and bass player who can keep up with the pace, and start practicing harmonies. Where it gets more challenging is having to write tunes that stand out from the pack. There is no shortage of pop punk bands, but there is always room for great pop punk bands.
Texas (Corpus Christi) pop punks Öldie Häwn show they have what it takes with their new LP Missing Time – out now on CD and LP through Otitis Media Records. Like a mix between Teenage Bottlerocket and The Yum Yums, Öldie Häwn hit the sweet spot between tight pop punk and sweet bubblegum melodies more than once on Missing Time. Side A of the LP is particularly great. Opener About You wastes no time of drawing you in. Barely Human is classic pop punk. M80’s is a short and fast one with a memorable foot-off-the-gas part filled with sweet harmonies. To Agnes-With Love is a hit single, with a video shot in an abandoned shopping mall. DK Shirt is a hooky pop punk ballad that could have been a Yum Yums song.
Those are just the first 5 songs, and Missing Time has much more to offer. It is a must listen for pop punk fans worldwide.
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