A band often seen sporting t-shirts featuring the word ‘Boner’ on the front, All Time Low is a band straight out of the Blink-182 school of pop-punk, whilst the band may not take themselves too seriously however, music is most definitely something that they do take seriously, and throughout the years the band has now released five studio albums, the latest of which, ‘Don’t Panic‘, was released in October 2012. ‘Backseat Serenade‘ is the third single taken from the band’s ‘Don’t Panic‘ album and features the band at its very best as they blast through a very catchy and incredibly uplifting pop-punk number.
With ‘Backseat Serenade‘, All Time Low demonstrates that it’s still a band incredibly capable of penning a fine pop-punk song. The band still sounds as fresh as ever here, bouncing through this track in fantastic style and hitting you with a hard punch of pop-punk power with each and every chorus. Further to the comment earlier about All Time Low very much belonging to the Blink-182 school of pop-punk, it’s very difficult not to think about this influence as the band hits a picking pattern at 2:07 very similar to that found in the intro of Blink-182’s ‘Adam’s Song‘. As a huge fan of Blink-182 I’m certainly not someone that has a problem with this, All Time Low is a band that seems to wear its Blink-182 influence on its sleeve, and I see it as a nice little nod to one of pop-punk’s finest.
If you’re a fan of uplifting pop-punk music with a huge focus on fun, then All Time Low’s ‘Backseat Serenade‘ is definitely not one to be missed. If you like Blink-182 or have heard and enjoyed any of All Time Low’s music in the past then you can definitely guarantee that you’ll like this, too; another very catchy pop-punk song from a very impressive Baltimore based band.
Rating
[Rating:4/5]
UK based film graduate with a huge passion for music, sports and video games.
