Earlier today I fell for a song from Look Alive, but as the afternoon rolls on I find The SpacePimps’ Eternal Boy being the soundtrack to my unemployed life. As I sat and grumbled over having to type a cover letter to meet this company’s standards, I thought…Fuck that, let me just write my thoughts on this album first; it’s way more interesting. So Eternal Boy, it’s textbook pop punk with songs about relationships gone wrong and being yourself, but it does the trick for those into the genre.
It’s like The SpacePimps knew I’d be listening with a couple mentions of my favorite year 1999. Which makes me think, these dudes were concocting all these musical thoughts when they were barely hitting puberty; impressive. “All Signs Point Home” touched my heart since it reminded me of The Starting Line, and as the record played on things took a little All Time Low turn with “Amber Street” and “Katie.” They mention 2003 being a great year for music in “Tradition,” and I’d beg to disagree they were a year late on that one. Good Charlotte’s The Young and The Hopeless came out in 2002 gentlemen. I recognize that last sentence garners me as much street cred as rocking a Bieber tee, but whatever. All in all I thought at the end, if there were never breakups, where would music be?
The SpacePimps fall somewhere between All Time Low and With The Punches (RIP), so if you’re into that undeniable pop rock that can reach pop punk levels, and are already missing WTP, then let The SpacePimps fill that void. Eternal Boy is out July 2nd, so all you have to do is wait over the weekend and then dig in before you celebrate ‘Merica with BBQs and lit skies.
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