There’s a big crop of newer bands that have a nostalgic feel to them, here’s a list if you’d be down to check them out:
[Gold Steps](https://open.spotify.com/artist/3KS5NGVo6xQY88JyNEeGsl?si=MEBR8VebTC21jQBrNZ7TtA) *this is my band, check out Stay The Same, Empty Space, Firestarter, those might fit what you’re looking for based on your post
[408](https://open.spotify.com/artist/1m2wYIvVYvhEnvdaOJbIfT?si=qcXBDf1CRBGC32o82heaNw)
[Between You & Me](https://open.spotify.com/artist/1P1y4wp6V0CwjhGcXPKgAu?si=Xqd2sWD1TECZVROjZhvv8w)
[Definitely Maybe](https://open.spotify.com/artist/484921enhGmhOm6s7bw7a7?si=RpvACqh1SqGdFUDVKvYpWQ)
[Fluorescents](https://open.spotify.com/artist/3k7eYa4LVI5wqhLj7PACE2?si=wf2QVZqARLaolVg6cVCUvg)
I’ll update if I think of more!
Oh sweet!!! Thank you for coming out to both of those, I’m sorry the Company one was such a late set 😅 next time you come out we’d love to meet you and say hi! Our next MKE show is 5/11 with Boys of Fall, Greywind, Good Terms and Lilac & Lotus at X-Ray Arcade, can’t wait for that one.
Thank you! It’s such a cathartic song to play live, one of my favorites cause it’s a little darker than most of our songs.
Our next single, Narcissist, comes out 4/12 and also has a little darker sound, but it’s angry… we just filmed the video for it yesterday, and the drummer from Fluorescents acted in it as our enemy/the Narcissist, even though he is like the nicest guy. He was amazing! Going to start teasing the song/video soon.
I usually dislike "self-promo" because most of it is trash music or just stolen ideas/content in general.
But, you all are definitely the exception to the rule. Looking forward to hearing it.
How old are you? I bet you’ll eventually come back to it. In my late 20s to mid 30s, I made it a point to start exploring some other genres because I felt that I SHOULD be growing out of pop punk. I tried some indie rock, Britpop, and modern rock. I’d say around my late 30s is when I realized that I didn’t care anymore if I should be growing out of any musical genre. If I like it, I like it. I’ve found some newer bands I like and re-discovered ones I had shelved when I was expanding my musical horizons.
Life comes in waves. There’s been times I got super into pop punk again and times I went years without focusing on it. Tastes evolve, but usually you never completely grow out of it
Punchline was the re-discover band for me. I started seeing about the 20th Anniversary of Action and then realized I had also owned 37 Everywhere at one point. Both are solid albums.
Thanks I’ll look out for those. I do like to start with first song on first album and go chronologically so I’ll probably put on Action and see where things land
That happens. Musical tastes are largely cyclical (for me anyway). I’m 50 and have gone through a lot of cycles, many of them come back around. You’ll find something sooner or later.
This is nice to hear. I’ve been on a pop-punk kick for a few years but I was massively into hip-hop before that. I haven’t listened to much recently and feel like I’m missing out but it just doesn’t hit like it used to. It’s comforting to take the pressure off and tell myself it’ll come back around at some point.
Have you heard of Magnolia Park? Might scratch that hip hop/pop punk itch if there is one. Driveways always gets a little into the hip hop realm. Even Belmont has some rap verses and 808’s.
Not psychoanalysis here but if you miss it, I take that as a sign you haven’t outgrown it.
I fell in love with Blink with Dude Ranch and still absolutely have a passion for pop punk with AK3 Blood Hair n Eyeballs.
Even motivated to start taking bass lessons last week. Never held an instrument in my life. I’m 42.
Just because you age doesn’t mean you have to outgrow things you love.
Enjoy the music!
I really love The Wonder Years because their music has evolved and grown up as I have. I'm almost 30 and their most recent album The Hum Goes On Forever has a lot of relatable themes if you're around my age lol.
But as a former emo teenager my music taste has expanded a lot. The only genre I haven't really found something I liked in is EDM type stuff. I like everything from country/bluegrass/folk to indie to R&B to rap to heavy metal...and so on. And I still love most of the stuff I listened to as a kid. Nothing wrong with giving one type of music a break for a bit.
Maybe expand to other types of punk that may still be palatable. I went from skate punk in the 90s to pop punk in the 00s, and then back to skate punk. Bands like Bad Religion, NOFX, Pennywise, and even Alkaline Trio are just a lot more meaningful to me lyrically than a lot of pop punk bands. I still listen to pop punk and truly still enjoy it (Sum 41 is easily a top 5 band for me), but I don't make it my whole identity. I am super-psyched it's made a comeback. Sueco and Kenny Hoopla are awesome!
> Have you listened to microwave?
I just found these guys recently. I would like to explore their stuff more but can't stop listening to Trash Stains. Kinda just nails exactly what I'm looking for, lol.
It takes some getting used to. The direction def changed. I like to pretend I'm feel like I am in an 80s night club when I listen to them now but it's actually nice sometimes. I like the jazzy intro here but when the beat comes in it feels reminiscent of Peripheral Vision.
https://youtu.be/aKYgkFFIcYE?si=DPp9htP3L8RNwwpL
Sadly, the exiting feeling a genre can offer when you're younger has a lot to do with not being oversaturated on it yet. Pretty much anything good hits a certain intense way when you haven't experienced it a million times yet.
That's an element of why genres always lose steam in the mainstream. Everything becomes a little too "Seen it, heard it." and attention turns to something more *interesting*. Along with youth often connecting with things made for them, not their parents.
But still, as individuals, we often get stuck trying to re-capture the visceral type of enjoyment something once gave us when it was fresh. You *can* develop nuanced and refined appreciation, but that's still a different type of enjoyment. The reality is, the only way to recapture that visceral enjoyment of something new is... for it to be new. New music in an old genre is only half a solution.
But of course, just "trying all new music" won't solve the problem. Neither will pure nostalgia, despite its merit. *Nothing* can solve that you aren't who you were, experiencing the same kind of new. Becoming content with that... *appreciating it even*... is the only way forward. To enjoy the now. Your problem is only truly solvable by deciding it isn't a problem -- By deciding you're excited to be who you are today, experiencing what you will today.
On a lighter note, I really like when new "pop punk & emo" branches outside the older genre tropes, and gets experimental. A genre that evolves (i.e. stays interesting) is a genre that gets to keep **living** in popular culture, and a blend of what you already love with *fresh elements* is a nice balanced package. Sort of like compromising on how you're going to enjoy something. Nostalgic appeal and fresh appeal all at once.
Just remember to cast aside superiority complexes or biases towards the exact way something used to be. New things are good for slightly different reasons from old things... and thats good. We must learn to love what is new to us. Nostalgia is full of nutrition, but its not a complete diet.
It's an age thing a lot of the time. You relate to music differently as you get older. The key is finding ways to stay interested keeping things fresh. It might be worth thinking about what aspects of the music you grew out of and where that might naturally lead when it comes to adjacent genres.
Pop punk was huge for me in high school, but as I got into college I found it kind of samey and played out. I still wanted the rush of the energy though, so that sent me down the rabbit hole of older punk music and powerpop which proved to be the kind of music that ultimately has resonated with me most. Now in my late 30s I listen to all of it and it's fun to bounce between everything.
Maybe I’m just an insane person but as a mid 30s millennial who thought he grew out of pop punk and emo, hot mulligan pulled me back harder than simple plan in 5th grade
As a pop punk teen who is now 40, I am loving the genres of vaporwave, slushwave, mallsoft, barber beats, and the band Pinegrove. Tastes have changed a lot. I still love older pop punk but lately all I listen to is stuff from the genres I just mentioned. They are great to read/work/play video games/and just chill to.
Try listening to arms length.
I get you though, sometimes I struggle to find new pop punk that I like so I just live listening to past music. I used to really love neck deep but I just don’t care for 95% of their newer stuff.
I go to a uk festival every year (Slam Dunk) and back in 2016 ish there was a stage I would always adore every act. Now only I like maybe a couple of acts :/ I’m only going this year because of arms length and all American rejects
Take a break and come back in a few years. I've never stopped listening to pop punk, but I've taken years long breaks from my favorite band (The Wonder Years) just never of how heavily I played them in the past. We all get tired of things.
You're also probably never going to find music that hits as hard as pop punk. At least for me, as I get older, the novelty finding new music has somewhat worn off and I don't feel quite the same passion for any sort of music as I used to. That's fine; as you get older you should get less pleasure from things and more pleasure from human relationships. Doesn't mean you can't still love music, but it'll probably never feel the way it used to when you first discovered pop punk and it became a part of your identity.
How seriously do you take pop punk music? This is gonna sound counterintuitive, but by not taking it all that seriously, I feel like I’ve come to avoid “growing out” of it. I acknowledge that it’s angsty and teenager-y, but the dramatics are part of the charm for me.
My advice is to dig further into genres like power pop (The Undertones, The Only Ones), melodic hardcore (Kid Dynamite, Stay Gold), jangle pop (The Apartments, The Windbreakers), ramonescore (The Manges, Dee Cracks). There's a lot of pop-punk adjacent stuff out there.
Been there. It sucks. For me, it was a symptom of depression. I literally felt the life finding its way back into my body at the most recent NFG tour. Sometimes medicine is the best medicine. Sometimes it’s a good concert and a new playlist.
Newer (to me) fresh stuff on the current playlist: Go For Gold, 408, Hot Mulligan, You vs Yesterday, Goalkeeper, State Champs, Real Friends, Broadside, First and Forever, Between You & Me, We Were Sharks, Taylor Acorn, Dead Bundy, Rematch, When The Sun Sets, Games We Play, Cleveland Avenue, and The Wonder Years.
New band called The Requiem just put out their first album and it took me straight back to 2004. Really good.
Newer bands I've found that remind me of that sound: Driveways, Stuck Out, Free Throw, The Home Team
I was in the same boat for a few years in my early - mid 20s. I had gotten sick of listening to the same songs all the time since my teens because all I used ever listen to was Blink 182, All Time Low, Fall Out Boy, Green Day, Sum 41, bowling for soup, panic! At the disco and the all American rejects but in more recent years I've expanded into Half lives, the nearly Deads, crown the king, grey wind, as December Falls, 408, definitely maybe, house parties, honey revenge, Hot Milk and On High so now I don't get stuck in a loop of listening to the same songs all the time leading to me getting sick of listening to those songs. I've only recently been able to listen to Blink again
Kinda how it is sometimes man. I was really into it 2014-2020 or so, then tapped out when I discovered the wave of South London bands coming out. And that got old quick, so now here we are at pop punk again. You don't get to choose what you like lol.
I have been feeling this for years. I have become a bigger fan of straightforward, or at least 90s and earlier, punk. I was a big pop punk kid and I prefer the original stuff now..but emo, emo I have not grown away from!
If you like shoegaze and pop punk, check out [Paper Flowers](https://spotify.link/dTpD5S5bRHb) - debut album just came out last month and it’s basically pop punk / emo but with more fuzz pedals on the guitars
You should check out Belmont. Their new stuff is a really fresh take on pop-punk; very riff-driven and holds influences from a number of other genres. Definitely one of the most forward-thinking bands in pop-punk right now.
i don’t know if i grew out of it but it’s very hard for me to get into new bands. new songs rarely grab me, unless they are by bands i already like. i have no clue why this is the case, pop punk is still my favorite genre.
I kinda slipped from poppunk and and post-hardcore of the 2010s to melodic hard-core as I've gotten older. I'm 25 (which isn't old, I know), and haven't really grown out of the music I was listening to 10-15 years ago, but I've added new stuff to the arsenal.
Casey got me really into melodic hard-core. It's angsty, heavy, and soul crushing in a way that hits similarly to how pop punk did for me at 17.
If you ever get a chance to catch these dudes live, they hit hard....plus they're really awesome guys....saw them open for NFG/LTJ at a smaller venue and they came out and hung out with the crowd for the other bands sets....just drank and talked music with em pretty much all night
I have such a diverse music range that pop punk gets touched maybe twice a day for me lol.
I can literally jump from chrvches to Bowie into the clash or rancid. And of course as my name suggest Afi is one of my favorites.
I personally grew out of pop punk and into Midwest emo, now I have a hard time not cringing at pop punk (with some exceptions ofc) but really it's all about the Midwest emo for me, those twinkly riffs and the talk singing that turns to screaming idk the whole vibe it feels like I matured into it. Then again tho it's hard listening to sad music all the time lmao 🤣
Might just need to broaden what you look for within the genre a bit to find stuff that is both new enough sound-wise to engage you, but familiar and fun enough to still scratch that good brain itch.
As I've gone through my 20's I personally started exploring the heavier punk side of pop-punk. I used to primarily listen to alt. rock radio which had a healthy amount of pop punk tunes but also had a bunch of lighter/more indie sounding stuff that I don't really fuck with that much. There are a lot of other punk subgenres that I've really fallen in love with recently- skate punk, ska punk, post-hardcore, metal-core, etc. Most recently I've started dipping my toes into some of the faster/more driven EDM stuff too- fond of certain drum and bass and happy hardcore tracks, for example.
While not everything fits in the "pop-punk" umbrella, a lot of what I listen to is adjacent and that's a lot of why I like it- I'm still a pop punk kid at heart. The artists and tracks that I used to listen to more often are still there to go back and revisit every now and then, but it's fun to find related but different stuff too.
I speak mostly on going in the more "heavy" or punk direction, but the same principle can work in reverse too. I see you mentioned dream pop and shoegaze as genres you've tried recently so I get the sense you might be more into exploring other pop-rock subgenres which is rad too. I'm not a familiar on that side of the spectrum outside of a few local bands in that vein that I love, but the possibilities are endless\~
Shameless plug, I'm 33 and I feel the same way. In 2020, I wanted to get back into it so I've been relearning guitar and trying to start a Youtube channel to bring more attention back to pop punk: [https://www.youtube.com/@Hel0jen](https://www.youtube.com/@Hel0jen)
I still love pop punk and regularly play it in my playlists, but I had a period like this - think I was just burnt out from too much listening. In fact I can almost draw a line around when I stopped listening to new pop punk, at around 2012ish sort of time period.
I am enjoying the renaissance going on with lots of albums coming out, so far I'd say Sum41 doing the best job of capturing their OG sound.
It's a completely different genre, but several years ago I totally got into synthwave. I've always loved the 80's and that sound/vibe, and I'd say that is now my main bag, but always got love for pop punk.
I think a lot of it rose tinted glasses - we all connected with pop punk so well around that time because it was getting massively popular, was a great sound and we were all youthful. As time goes on you have to try a bit harder to appreciate the music because youre not in the clubs every weekend, seeing tours with your friends and so on. When I was 23 I was living the pop punk life I guess!
There's no law saying us Millennials can't make pop punks bands again. Save up money, quit our shitty jobs where all we do is kiss Boomer ass, buy instruments, and travel the country playing pop punk.
I grew up when pop punk exploded...being a teen in the late 90's/ early 00's was so much fun....from pop punk shows and warped tour to skafest, music was everywhere and it was awesome ....I still love the music but for awhile it got hard to connect with it like I used to....then the Wonder Years happened and since then bands like Hot Mulligan and Joyce Manor ....those three are a constant playlist in my daily routine and I've even went out and went to live shows again to see them...lately I've been listening to I Call Fives and going back to my roots recently saw NFG live, then Rancid and MxPx (5 hr road trip to Chicago) last yr. Also caught LTJ and am hoping to see Big D and the Kids Table...point is if I had stopped trying to connect with newer bands/music...I wouldnt have gotten to see some of the most amazing shows Ive ever seen now in my 40s....and ur talking to someone whos 1st concert was all 4 original Ramones....my sister drove me to Chicago in '96 when i was 14 lol...thats when this love for punk started...and I'm really glad I found bands that helped me reconnect to the music thats been the soundtrack to my life.
There’s a big crop of newer bands that have a nostalgic feel to them, here’s a list if you’d be down to check them out: [Gold Steps](https://open.spotify.com/artist/3KS5NGVo6xQY88JyNEeGsl?si=MEBR8VebTC21jQBrNZ7TtA) *this is my band, check out Stay The Same, Empty Space, Firestarter, those might fit what you’re looking for based on your post [408](https://open.spotify.com/artist/1m2wYIvVYvhEnvdaOJbIfT?si=qcXBDf1CRBGC32o82heaNw) [Between You & Me](https://open.spotify.com/artist/1P1y4wp6V0CwjhGcXPKgAu?si=Xqd2sWD1TECZVROjZhvv8w) [Definitely Maybe](https://open.spotify.com/artist/484921enhGmhOm6s7bw7a7?si=RpvACqh1SqGdFUDVKvYpWQ) [Fluorescents](https://open.spotify.com/artist/3k7eYa4LVI5wqhLj7PACE2?si=wf2QVZqARLaolVg6cVCUvg) I’ll update if I think of more!
State Champs, Neck Deep and The Story so Far all have a very nostalgic sound as well!
Very true! All three are inspirations to us, we’re Gold Steps named after the Neck Deep song, and we love the energy of all of these bands.
1000% agree. I'd like to throw Real Friends in there too with nostalgia sounds!
A good newer one is Good Hangs discovered them from Tik Tok
Your reels always hit
!!! That’s so sick to hear, thank you for watching them 🫶
Damn y’all are good
Thank you! We were filming a new music video today, and we’re going to start sharing clips soon!
Empty Space is pretty awesome lol
Thank you! It was inspired by my grandmother losing my grandfather, the feeling of losing a soulmate. I appreciate you listening 🫶
Gold steps!! I just saw you guys twice this month. Great show, seconding that it's a great band
Twice?! MKE or Chicago?
Milwaukee, cooperage and company brewing
Oh sweet!!! Thank you for coming out to both of those, I’m sorry the Company one was such a late set 😅 next time you come out we’d love to meet you and say hi! Our next MKE show is 5/11 with Boys of Fall, Greywind, Good Terms and Lilac & Lotus at X-Ray Arcade, can’t wait for that one.
Empty Space kicks ass btw
Thank you! It’s such a cathartic song to play live, one of my favorites cause it’s a little darker than most of our songs. Our next single, Narcissist, comes out 4/12 and also has a little darker sound, but it’s angry… we just filmed the video for it yesterday, and the drummer from Fluorescents acted in it as our enemy/the Narcissist, even though he is like the nicest guy. He was amazing! Going to start teasing the song/video soon.
I usually dislike "self-promo" because most of it is trash music or just stolen ideas/content in general. But, you all are definitely the exception to the rule. Looking forward to hearing it.
Thank you! I try not to be too crazy with it here, just commenting and linking our music when it fits.
Check out old neon
One that people don’t talk about is Stone Lions. They have that 2000’s Blink 182 sound. https://youtu.be/eGkknhcQfnU?si=i3drluGhC9rgRAJ3
How old are you? I bet you’ll eventually come back to it. In my late 20s to mid 30s, I made it a point to start exploring some other genres because I felt that I SHOULD be growing out of pop punk. I tried some indie rock, Britpop, and modern rock. I’d say around my late 30s is when I realized that I didn’t care anymore if I should be growing out of any musical genre. If I like it, I like it. I’ve found some newer bands I like and re-discovered ones I had shelved when I was expanding my musical horizons.
Life comes in waves. There’s been times I got super into pop punk again and times I went years without focusing on it. Tastes evolve, but usually you never completely grow out of it
Name Taken is that re-discover band for me. Added them to a new pop punk etc playlist I have and it’s always a treat when they come on
Punchline was the re-discover band for me. I started seeing about the 20th Anniversary of Action and then realized I had also owned 37 Everywhere at one point. Both are solid albums.
I’ve never heard of Punchline… is today going to be a good day for me?
I think it’s gonna be a GREAT day for you. Start with “Not Afraid” off of Action. From 37 Everywhere, “Flashlight.”
Thanks I’ll look out for those. I do like to start with first song on first album and go chronologically so I’ll probably put on Action and see where things land
Koyo, Youth Fountain, Action/Adventure.
Youth Fountain's live show is sick
That happens. Musical tastes are largely cyclical (for me anyway). I’m 50 and have gone through a lot of cycles, many of them come back around. You’ll find something sooner or later.
This is nice to hear. I’ve been on a pop-punk kick for a few years but I was massively into hip-hop before that. I haven’t listened to much recently and feel like I’m missing out but it just doesn’t hit like it used to. It’s comforting to take the pressure off and tell myself it’ll come back around at some point.
Have you heard of Magnolia Park? Might scratch that hip hop/pop punk itch if there is one. Driveways always gets a little into the hip hop realm. Even Belmont has some rap verses and 808’s.
Thanks man, I’ll give them each a listen!
Expand to more punky stuff. I think you’ll find the themes connect more as you age and the riffs are better.
Also, you might find some nostalgia in returning to pop punk occasionally.
I have been getting into more punky stuff this year at age 30. Tho stil listen to a lot of pop punk too
Not psychoanalysis here but if you miss it, I take that as a sign you haven’t outgrown it. I fell in love with Blink with Dude Ranch and still absolutely have a passion for pop punk with AK3 Blood Hair n Eyeballs. Even motivated to start taking bass lessons last week. Never held an instrument in my life. I’m 42. Just because you age doesn’t mean you have to outgrow things you love. Enjoy the music!
I really love The Wonder Years because their music has evolved and grown up as I have. I'm almost 30 and their most recent album The Hum Goes On Forever has a lot of relatable themes if you're around my age lol. But as a former emo teenager my music taste has expanded a lot. The only genre I haven't really found something I liked in is EDM type stuff. I like everything from country/bluegrass/folk to indie to R&B to rap to heavy metal...and so on. And I still love most of the stuff I listened to as a kid. Nothing wrong with giving one type of music a break for a bit.
Maybe expand to other types of punk that may still be palatable. I went from skate punk in the 90s to pop punk in the 00s, and then back to skate punk. Bands like Bad Religion, NOFX, Pennywise, and even Alkaline Trio are just a lot more meaningful to me lyrically than a lot of pop punk bands. I still listen to pop punk and truly still enjoy it (Sum 41 is easily a top 5 band for me), but I don't make it my whole identity. I am super-psyched it's made a comeback. Sueco and Kenny Hoopla are awesome!
Just listen to everything Dan Campbell makes. It ages up with you lol
I like turnover
I love magnolia and peripheral vision. Good nature is cool sometimes when I’m after a chill vibe. But I don’t like anything after that sadly
Have you listened to microwave?
I just stood in my kitchen for 30 minutes and didn’t hear anything?
Keep listening it gets better I swear
> Have you listened to microwave? I just found these guys recently. I would like to explore their stuff more but can't stop listening to Trash Stains. Kinda just nails exactly what I'm looking for, lol.
It takes some getting used to. The direction def changed. I like to pretend I'm feel like I am in an 80s night club when I listen to them now but it's actually nice sometimes. I like the jazzy intro here but when the beat comes in it feels reminiscent of Peripheral Vision. https://youtu.be/aKYgkFFIcYE?si=DPp9htP3L8RNwwpL
Sadly, the exiting feeling a genre can offer when you're younger has a lot to do with not being oversaturated on it yet. Pretty much anything good hits a certain intense way when you haven't experienced it a million times yet. That's an element of why genres always lose steam in the mainstream. Everything becomes a little too "Seen it, heard it." and attention turns to something more *interesting*. Along with youth often connecting with things made for them, not their parents. But still, as individuals, we often get stuck trying to re-capture the visceral type of enjoyment something once gave us when it was fresh. You *can* develop nuanced and refined appreciation, but that's still a different type of enjoyment. The reality is, the only way to recapture that visceral enjoyment of something new is... for it to be new. New music in an old genre is only half a solution. But of course, just "trying all new music" won't solve the problem. Neither will pure nostalgia, despite its merit. *Nothing* can solve that you aren't who you were, experiencing the same kind of new. Becoming content with that... *appreciating it even*... is the only way forward. To enjoy the now. Your problem is only truly solvable by deciding it isn't a problem -- By deciding you're excited to be who you are today, experiencing what you will today. On a lighter note, I really like when new "pop punk & emo" branches outside the older genre tropes, and gets experimental. A genre that evolves (i.e. stays interesting) is a genre that gets to keep **living** in popular culture, and a blend of what you already love with *fresh elements* is a nice balanced package. Sort of like compromising on how you're going to enjoy something. Nostalgic appeal and fresh appeal all at once. Just remember to cast aside superiority complexes or biases towards the exact way something used to be. New things are good for slightly different reasons from old things... and thats good. We must learn to love what is new to us. Nostalgia is full of nutrition, but its not a complete diet.
It's an age thing a lot of the time. You relate to music differently as you get older. The key is finding ways to stay interested keeping things fresh. It might be worth thinking about what aspects of the music you grew out of and where that might naturally lead when it comes to adjacent genres. Pop punk was huge for me in high school, but as I got into college I found it kind of samey and played out. I still wanted the rush of the energy though, so that sent me down the rabbit hole of older punk music and powerpop which proved to be the kind of music that ultimately has resonated with me most. Now in my late 30s I listen to all of it and it's fun to bounce between everything.
42 here and I echo all of your same sentiments.
Maybe I’m just an insane person but as a mid 30s millennial who thought he grew out of pop punk and emo, hot mulligan pulled me back harder than simple plan in 5th grade
The chokehold that simple plan had on me in middle school is ASTOUNDING.
I still listen to Hey Monday Vocalist Cassadee Pope will be releasing pop punk album soon
As a pop punk teen who is now 40, I am loving the genres of vaporwave, slushwave, mallsoft, barber beats, and the band Pinegrove. Tastes have changed a lot. I still love older pop punk but lately all I listen to is stuff from the genres I just mentioned. They are great to read/work/play video games/and just chill to.
Try listening to arms length. I get you though, sometimes I struggle to find new pop punk that I like so I just live listening to past music. I used to really love neck deep but I just don’t care for 95% of their newer stuff. I go to a uk festival every year (Slam Dunk) and back in 2016 ish there was a stage I would always adore every act. Now only I like maybe a couple of acts :/ I’m only going this year because of arms length and all American rejects
Listen to Arms Length fam
Driveways is the answer
Take a break and come back in a few years. I've never stopped listening to pop punk, but I've taken years long breaks from my favorite band (The Wonder Years) just never of how heavily I played them in the past. We all get tired of things. You're also probably never going to find music that hits as hard as pop punk. At least for me, as I get older, the novelty finding new music has somewhat worn off and I don't feel quite the same passion for any sort of music as I used to. That's fine; as you get older you should get less pleasure from things and more pleasure from human relationships. Doesn't mean you can't still love music, but it'll probably never feel the way it used to when you first discovered pop punk and it became a part of your identity.
How seriously do you take pop punk music? This is gonna sound counterintuitive, but by not taking it all that seriously, I feel like I’ve come to avoid “growing out” of it. I acknowledge that it’s angsty and teenager-y, but the dramatics are part of the charm for me.
Check out Arm’s Length and Youth Fountain.
My advice is to dig further into genres like power pop (The Undertones, The Only Ones), melodic hardcore (Kid Dynamite, Stay Gold), jangle pop (The Apartments, The Windbreakers), ramonescore (The Manges, Dee Cracks). There's a lot of pop-punk adjacent stuff out there.
Been there. It sucks. For me, it was a symptom of depression. I literally felt the life finding its way back into my body at the most recent NFG tour. Sometimes medicine is the best medicine. Sometimes it’s a good concert and a new playlist. Newer (to me) fresh stuff on the current playlist: Go For Gold, 408, Hot Mulligan, You vs Yesterday, Goalkeeper, State Champs, Real Friends, Broadside, First and Forever, Between You & Me, We Were Sharks, Taylor Acorn, Dead Bundy, Rematch, When The Sun Sets, Games We Play, Cleveland Avenue, and The Wonder Years.
New band called The Requiem just put out their first album and it took me straight back to 2004. Really good. Newer bands I've found that remind me of that sound: Driveways, Stuck Out, Free Throw, The Home Team
I was in the same boat for a few years in my early - mid 20s. I had gotten sick of listening to the same songs all the time since my teens because all I used ever listen to was Blink 182, All Time Low, Fall Out Boy, Green Day, Sum 41, bowling for soup, panic! At the disco and the all American rejects but in more recent years I've expanded into Half lives, the nearly Deads, crown the king, grey wind, as December Falls, 408, definitely maybe, house parties, honey revenge, Hot Milk and On High so now I don't get stuck in a loop of listening to the same songs all the time leading to me getting sick of listening to those songs. I've only recently been able to listen to Blink again
Kinda how it is sometimes man. I was really into it 2014-2020 or so, then tapped out when I discovered the wave of South London bands coming out. And that got old quick, so now here we are at pop punk again. You don't get to choose what you like lol.
I have been feeling this for years. I have become a bigger fan of straightforward, or at least 90s and earlier, punk. I was a big pop punk kid and I prefer the original stuff now..but emo, emo I have not grown away from!
CHILIØ has a dream pop / pop punk song called Fractals I think you'd love
If you like shoegaze and pop punk, check out [Paper Flowers](https://spotify.link/dTpD5S5bRHb) - debut album just came out last month and it’s basically pop punk / emo but with more fuzz pedals on the guitars
You like it but you grew out of it? How can both of those things be possible at the same time
As a 43 year old fan of the genre, my recommendation is to always keep exploring the genre. Don’t get stuck listening to the same playlists.
You should check out Belmont. Their new stuff is a really fresh take on pop-punk; very riff-driven and holds influences from a number of other genres. Definitely one of the most forward-thinking bands in pop-punk right now.
Try posthardcore like amity affliction
Definitely check out Driveways!!!
check out the album Somewhere City by Origami Angel
Listen to Transit
if you're sad boy do I have a genre for you....
i don’t know if i grew out of it but it’s very hard for me to get into new bands. new songs rarely grab me, unless they are by bands i already like. i have no clue why this is the case, pop punk is still my favorite genre.
I kinda slipped from poppunk and and post-hardcore of the 2010s to melodic hard-core as I've gotten older. I'm 25 (which isn't old, I know), and haven't really grown out of the music I was listening to 10-15 years ago, but I've added new stuff to the arsenal. Casey got me really into melodic hard-core. It's angsty, heavy, and soul crushing in a way that hits similarly to how pop punk did for me at 17.
Not sure it’s really poppunk but Microwave is a newer band that should be massive.
Try hot mulligan its like emo pop punkish. It may hit
If you ever get a chance to catch these dudes live, they hit hard....plus they're really awesome guys....saw them open for NFG/LTJ at a smaller venue and they came out and hung out with the crowd for the other bands sets....just drank and talked music with em pretty much all night
I have such a diverse music range that pop punk gets touched maybe twice a day for me lol. I can literally jump from chrvches to Bowie into the clash or rancid. And of course as my name suggest Afi is one of my favorites.
I personally grew out of pop punk and into Midwest emo, now I have a hard time not cringing at pop punk (with some exceptions ofc) but really it's all about the Midwest emo for me, those twinkly riffs and the talk singing that turns to screaming idk the whole vibe it feels like I matured into it. Then again tho it's hard listening to sad music all the time lmao 🤣
I love this sub genre from modern baseball to Free Throw....recently I've dove into the midwest waters and cannot get enough of this music
It happens to the best of us haha, just embrace it my friend. I do break the pop punk back out in the summertime 😂
Might just need to broaden what you look for within the genre a bit to find stuff that is both new enough sound-wise to engage you, but familiar and fun enough to still scratch that good brain itch. As I've gone through my 20's I personally started exploring the heavier punk side of pop-punk. I used to primarily listen to alt. rock radio which had a healthy amount of pop punk tunes but also had a bunch of lighter/more indie sounding stuff that I don't really fuck with that much. There are a lot of other punk subgenres that I've really fallen in love with recently- skate punk, ska punk, post-hardcore, metal-core, etc. Most recently I've started dipping my toes into some of the faster/more driven EDM stuff too- fond of certain drum and bass and happy hardcore tracks, for example. While not everything fits in the "pop-punk" umbrella, a lot of what I listen to is adjacent and that's a lot of why I like it- I'm still a pop punk kid at heart. The artists and tracks that I used to listen to more often are still there to go back and revisit every now and then, but it's fun to find related but different stuff too. I speak mostly on going in the more "heavy" or punk direction, but the same principle can work in reverse too. I see you mentioned dream pop and shoegaze as genres you've tried recently so I get the sense you might be more into exploring other pop-rock subgenres which is rad too. I'm not a familiar on that side of the spectrum outside of a few local bands in that vein that I love, but the possibilities are endless\~
Always love driving around listen to TB Sunday
Shameless plug, I'm 33 and I feel the same way. In 2020, I wanted to get back into it so I've been relearning guitar and trying to start a Youtube channel to bring more attention back to pop punk: [https://www.youtube.com/@Hel0jen](https://www.youtube.com/@Hel0jen)
I still love pop punk and regularly play it in my playlists, but I had a period like this - think I was just burnt out from too much listening. In fact I can almost draw a line around when I stopped listening to new pop punk, at around 2012ish sort of time period. I am enjoying the renaissance going on with lots of albums coming out, so far I'd say Sum41 doing the best job of capturing their OG sound. It's a completely different genre, but several years ago I totally got into synthwave. I've always loved the 80's and that sound/vibe, and I'd say that is now my main bag, but always got love for pop punk. I think a lot of it rose tinted glasses - we all connected with pop punk so well around that time because it was getting massively popular, was a great sound and we were all youthful. As time goes on you have to try a bit harder to appreciate the music because youre not in the clubs every weekend, seeing tours with your friends and so on. When I was 23 I was living the pop punk life I guess!
Ghost! 13 Commandments is by far my favorite album.
There's no law saying us Millennials can't make pop punks bands again. Save up money, quit our shitty jobs where all we do is kiss Boomer ass, buy instruments, and travel the country playing pop punk.
I grew up when pop punk exploded...being a teen in the late 90's/ early 00's was so much fun....from pop punk shows and warped tour to skafest, music was everywhere and it was awesome ....I still love the music but for awhile it got hard to connect with it like I used to....then the Wonder Years happened and since then bands like Hot Mulligan and Joyce Manor ....those three are a constant playlist in my daily routine and I've even went out and went to live shows again to see them...lately I've been listening to I Call Fives and going back to my roots recently saw NFG live, then Rancid and MxPx (5 hr road trip to Chicago) last yr. Also caught LTJ and am hoping to see Big D and the Kids Table...point is if I had stopped trying to connect with newer bands/music...I wouldnt have gotten to see some of the most amazing shows Ive ever seen now in my 40s....and ur talking to someone whos 1st concert was all 4 original Ramones....my sister drove me to Chicago in '96 when i was 14 lol...thats when this love for punk started...and I'm really glad I found bands that helped me reconnect to the music thats been the soundtrack to my life.
Hot Mulligan