Punk Goes Punk, Vol.2

Everyone loves pop punk bands doing top 200 hits right? Uhhhh? Maybe? In like 2003 maybe? Except for the A Day To Remember cover of Kelly Clarkson's 'Since U Been Gone'. That was a catchy jam. The bass and chugging rolls were really awesome. BUT.

This Fearless record compilation gets my vote for the WORST mixed album ever. Whoever did each bands session is the biggest tool ever. Mind you, I try and approach Fearless records with an open mind (Close friends, The Morning Light, are on it, as well as cool bands like Eye Alaska), but, their penchant for releasing awkward compliations like this is.... Well, weird. I mean Punk Goes Acoustic are usually pretty good, but Punk Goes Metal and Punk Goes 80's were.... Awkward. And this follows suit as those with being extremely weirdly mixed and artists picking the wrong track.

Here's a laundry list of the pop songs on it: Beautiful Girls (Sean Kingston), Love Song (Sara Bariellies [However you spell her name]), Apologize (OneRepublic/Timbaland), Baby One More Time (Brittney), and Over My Head (The Fray). Granted some (And I use the word SOME very generously) of these terrible excuses for songs aren't half band (Timbaland remix of OneRepublic was way too good, seriously, way too good). Which brings me to the laundry list of bands making this compilation awkward: Bayside, Four Year Strong, Alesana, August Burns Red, Silverstien, Mayday Parade. Erggh.....

So. Silverstien's cover of OneRepublic's 'Apologize' is the ONLY song on this record worth listening too. Every other song is just.... Odd. I can't find myself singing along. The A Day To Remember cover of The Fray's 'Over My Head (Cable Car)' starts out good, then it kicks in and just gets odd. This records downfall is the horridly shoddy mixing of the drums. Whoever mixed every single one of these drums tracks, at whatever studio, in whatever city, should be shot. They took out every frequency BUT the treble. There are literally no bass frequencies what so ever. EVEN ON THE BASS CHANNEL. What the hell is that? Seriously. What the fuck, guys. All I wanted was some pop-punk/happy hardcore breakdowns on some pop 100 songs. Instead, I got pop-punk/happy hardcore cover songs without any bass or drums. Everything sounds it was recorded through a radio, inside a 1995 Dodge Neon.

Two thumbs down.