Knuckle Puck – The Weight That You Buried EP
Review by Will Howard
Chicago based Knuckle Puck kick listeners straight in the teeth with their new EP, The Weight That You Buried. Joining the ranks of bands like Real Friends and Pentimento, Knuckle Puck create their own unique blend of pop punk held together with the constantly changing timbre of the vocals as each member offers a line and a perspective of their own. The Weight That You Buried is not the band’s first release but it will most certainly be the one which grants the band the respect they deserve. As pop punk dives into this new direction, leaving behind the Take This To Your Grave, and Dude Ranch sound I grew up with, bands like Knuckle Puck will raise a new generation on stories of heartbreak, long nights of insomnia and pessimism, which will ultimately unique the generation the way Sum 41 does when it comes on in the bar at 2am. In 2013, music and commercialism have become fond lovers, and making a career in music looks more like a career of short lived pizza jobs and sleeping in the back of a van, but bands like Knuckle Puck remind the twenty something’s that the rebellious personal pop punk they fell in love with in high school didn’t die with the nose ring they took out 3 years ago.
Knuckle Puck’s The Weight That You Buried is a passionate melodic reminder of everything you grew up loving. Expressing the true emotions of break ups, heartache, and the un-romanticized anguish your twenties can bring. Reality can hit hard at 19, a year after high school, no closer to success and a mess of lost friends relationships and crappy jobs can make anyone a pessimist. As Knuckle Puck sing, “It’s people just like you who make me the pessimist I am,” they remind us all we’re not alone. Dude Ranch and Take This to Your Grave were the soundtracks to our teens, make Knuckle Puck the soundtrack to your twenties.
Overall Rating: 5/5
Recommended Track: “No Good”
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