Energy Pop at all times bites down more durable when it’s hybridised with Pop Punk, so brace your self for the hooks in Ghost in Blue to scar. Every twist in Sucker for a Fairly Face’s sonic vignette finds that mysterious candy spot that lands someplace between your rhythmic pulses and your soul.
The solo virtuoso proves what it appears like when a professional assaults alt-rock, utilizing nostalgic angst and tender, wistful longing as a lifeblood; the result’s a single with sufficient chew to go away a mark lengthy after the final observe decays.
The undertaking, the work of composer, musician, and singer Eric Vincent Thomas, stands on the vanguard of the brashy, bouncy nu-pop punk revival. Underneath the Sucker for a Fairly Face banner, Thomas alchemises tracks solo and with a revolving door of collaborators, channelling all the things from old-school alt-pop-punk to melodically charged, lyrically pushed fashionable rock.
Should you had been obsessive about Bowling for Soup the final time skinny denims and panda eyes had been cool, this might be your new sonic crush. For anybody whose playlists are a protected haven for anthems of nostalgia and candy defiance, Ghost in Blue (on the 405) will really feel like residence.
Ghost in Blue (on the 405) is now obtainable on all main streaming platforms together with Bandcamp.
Overview by Amelia Vandergast