From around '06-'09 I was enthralled with bands like Fall Out Boy, Paramore, and anything that sounded remotely similar to them. Yet as the years went on, either the coolness of these bands in my young mind exponentially decreased or they just fell off the face of the Earth on a random hiatus (...FOB), yet Twin Atlantic has an eeriely nostalgic feel to them that I haven't felt in a while, almost exactly like how it felt to listen to these earlier bands.
I know that many people didn't fancy the emo/pop-punk/alt.rock scene as much as I did (if at all) but these guys really bring back that style of music for me without feeling super lame. If I listen to FOB now (which I do from time to time) I feel like I'm indulging in some guilty pleasure that I shouldn't even be thinking about. With Twin Atlantic it feels like they're a band I can be into without being ashamed. Maybe it's the fact that they are Scottish and the accent is cool, or maybe because their bassist doesn't say things like "if it's above the waist it's not gay".
Yep. That's probably it.
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