This week is turning into a blur. After a few days following New Found Glory around I mentally and physically did not want to return to reality. So yesterday I played Puddle Splasher on repeat until I decided it just wasn’t going to happen. I couldn’t find the words to say about Poor Planning, but today after a 10am nap, I crawled out of bed to do so.
Like many records out there, this wasn’t bad – it just wasn’t for me. The better parts of the album were the title track and possibly “Time Machine.” I personally never heard a lyric stand out above any others and the music was better off in the ears of a Tigers Jaw or Sunny Day Real Estate fan. I will say that yesterday I didn’t like anything on Poor Planning, but today it sounded a little better. I think the pop punk of NFG had drained out of my system and “You Will” was heard in a completely new light.
Now to pull myself completely out of my morning nap funk and trudge on. Before I do so I must remind you if you’re a fan of any of the bands mentioned above, minus NFG, then you’d better get your hands on Puddle Splasher’s Poor Planning, out now on Black Numbers.
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