Pop punk is usually not a respected genre, and it’s only rarely been popular, but happen upon the right song and you start to think, Hey, guitars, major chords, some righteous anger and heart-on-your-sleeve emotional outpouring—why isn’t this track being played on the radio all the time?
“Year on a String” by relatively unknown Providence-based band Twin Foxes is one of those special songs. These guys play the type of emo that reminds us of Taking Back Sunday’s heyday, but with some lo-fi hints of Cap’n Jazz and Lincoln mixed in. Listen to this if you need proof that the spirit of Jawbreaker and the Kinsella brothers is still alive and well.
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“Year on a String” will be released on the band’s upcoming seven-inch. Pre-order it here.
