The Most Punk Rock Thing You Can Do Is Be Normal

New Found Glory, a Florida alt-punk group, released their debut EP in December 1997. “It’s All About the Girls.” And it sounds exactly how one would think a punk band’s first recorded release ought to sound — rough and chaotic.

The extended play’s initial track is “Shadow,” It provides listeners with a quick overview of New Found Glory. The video opens with one member of the band utterly ignoring the 20th Century Fox theme on his wind instrument, before bragging about never having done it. “one lesson” Before Jordan Pundik, singer, begins to lament His existential despair and personal frustrations led to his depression.

“Starting at my shadow, I see the world around me / Never felt as if my existence reflects these walls so proudly / Intentions of the past defined so quickly it’s hard to change myself.” 

While New Found Glory’s production was improved with subsequent releases of their album, they maintained the same whimsy, chaos, and enthusiasm. 

“Shadow” These would continue to grow. “Hit or Miss,” Which would be the band’s first single on their debut album? “Nothing Gold Can Stay” (1999) — released on the independent label Euology Recordings — and would later be remastered and rereleased on the band’s self-titled album “New Found Glory” (2000).

The self-titled album According Steve Klein, songwriter, says: “Just about relationships and growing up — things everybody knows about. This is a record about looking forward to new things and moving forward in your life.” This is an important fact that is highlighted in the song. Lyrics The album’s cover artwork, which prominently features colored condoms in latex and an Atari joystick, is also included. 

“The needle on my record player has been wearing thin / This record has been playing since the day you’ve been with him.”

New Found Glory’s unique mix of lyricisms, high energy and whimsy was hugely popular and would go on for to dominate alternative music in the late 1990s, early 2000s. As it made its way into nearly every household through the cultural phenomenon known Warped Tour and the subsequent on-the-spot music festivals, it became a cultural phenomenon. soundtracks Films such as “American Pie 2” And “The Benchwarmers.”

Their peers — notably Blink-182 — experienced a similar effect. 

The first track. “Carousel,” Blink featured on the debut album “Cheshire Cat,” Opens with Tom Delonge, founding member and co-frontman Singing: “I talk to you every now and then / I never felt so alone again / I stop to think at a wishing well / My thoughts send me on a carousel.”

Blink-182 was a band that released songs like “The End of the World” in the early days of their career.Dammit“about the decline of romantic relationships, and subsequent personal development “What’s My Age Again?” This is specifically about the frustrations of being an emotionally impure man-child.

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Both of these bands would experience great success because they would write about relatable subjects such as personal flaws and frustrations while keeping the irreverent humor necessary

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