Saturday 17 September 2022

Chumped


Chumped were a pop punk/emo band from Brooklyn, New York that formed in 2011 and broke up in 2016. Their output was very limited, with only two EP's and one LP to their name. And what a hell of an LP it is. As I say often, it's absolutely criminal that this wasn't posted back around when it first came out, but now is as good a time as ever to check it out. With the benefit of hindsight, Teenage Retirement is probably one of the best punk/power pop albums of the decade, with impeccable songwritings and enough earworms to occupy a drunken summer night. With punchy instrumentals and wistful lyricism, the whole gives off a sense of bittersweet defeat. They descend from the influence of bands including Weezer, Jawbreaker, and Superchunk, and fans of their contemporaries such as Joyce Manor, RVIVR, P.S. Eliot, and Fake Problems. 

1. Union Square
2. Someday
3. Something About Lemons
4. Eleanor
5. Let Him Lie
6. Dear Emily Dickinson

1. Hot 97 Summer Jam
2. Doubt
3. Vices

1. December Is The Longest Month
2. Hot 97 Summer Jam
3. Coffee
4. Novella Ella Ella Eh
5. Anywhere But Here
6. Name That Thing
7. Songs About Boats
8. Long Division
9. Something About Geography
10. Penny
11. The Pains Of Being...
12. Old And Tired

1. Not The One

Note: Released before they broke up, B-side from the Teenage Retirement sessions

2 comments:

  1. Holy fucking shit is Teenage Retirement awesome. What a phenomenal record.

    ...and what a bummer that the band broke up.

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  2. saw them with Jeff Rosenstock in 2015! they were unbelievable!

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