

One pop punk band I’ve always been a massive fan of is Tonight Alive. While the tr00nami was going on around them and kids were wearing Citizen crewnecks with absolutely no sense of irony, Tonight Alive weathered the storm while playing catchy, upbeat pop punk like there was no tomorrow. While their touring buddies were content with firing off d-beats and screaming about how they weren’t sad anymore, they saw absolutely no problem in basically sounding like Paramore circa-2007 and injecting some fun into the genere.

However, their latest single “How Does It Feel” contains little to no evidence of their pop punk roots. If anything it seems to have more in common with Evanescence circa-2003 than any bands from the past 5 years. They probably saw how successful ripping off lulzy, early 2000’s radio rawk was for Bring Me The Horizon and thought they could do the same thing. It’s like the dictionary definition of “2edgy4me”.

we r srs artists nao also what is fun?

Even Jenna’s weird pseudo-dreadlocks look like something Corey Taylor would’ve worn back in the early 2000’s, or like Kid Rock before he went all country. Not to mention those matching tracksuits, good grief. For a band that used to sound like they’d get airplay on Radio Disney, it’s honestly quite baffling to see them suddenly resemble a third-rate Ozzfest band.. I mean, I’m all for bands evolving and expanding their sound, but this just seems like such a weird direction for them to take.

Remember when they used to be a Paramore tribute band? Good times

What do you think? Is ditching pop punk and jumping on the #hardrock bandwagon really the best course of action for Tonight Alive? Will kids start posting used CD copies of The Fallen for cred on Instagram? Do you think for their next video Tonight Alive will start wearing JNCOs? Let us know in the comments below.