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| Album Rating: A- |
2011 was a rough year for emo fans. The successive disbandments of My Heart to
Joy, Snowing, and Grown Ups were simply too much to bear, and left many
followers of the renowned twinkle daddies (forgive me) sobbing as they clung
dearly to their Parrot Flies records
with what little hope they had left. Certainly,
these three acts made their mark and left some seriously big shoes to fill, but
bands like Orlando, Fla.’s You Blew It! have proven that there is no shortage of
nerdy, cat-loving math rockers in the punk scene willing to step up to the
plate. With their new Topshelf Records
debut, You Blew It! truly show improvement from their first two EPs, and will
undoubtedly win over any remaining skeptics of their previous work (if there
are any). Through the use of jangly guitar riffs and scatterbrained lyrics, Grow Up, Dude perfectly encompasses the
genre’s quirky charm and rivals Snowing’s
I Could Do Whatever I Wanted If I Wanted
as the best sing-along party emo album to have come out in recent years.
