Album Review: Various - Punk Goes Pop Volume 4
Posted on Play Crack The Sky Music on November 23rd, 2011.
Fearless Records’ “Punk Goes…” series hasn’t always been welcomed with open arms by critics but with this being volume four of it’s “…Goes Pop” collection, it’s clear that fans continue to eat up these compilations that have never really been all that “Punk.”
The money-spinning fourth volume is your usual mix of post-hardcore, screamo, and (accessible) pop-punk bands putting their own spin on a number of radio hits over the last twelve months or so.
As always there is a mix bag, some of the offerings on show are truly disastrous but are expected from the band performing the cover. For example For All Those Sleeping’s take on Taylor Swift’s “You Belong To Me” keeps the bright, feel-good chorus of the original, but unfortunately mix it with horrible electronic swirls and heavy, nasty breakdowns that ruin the chance of the cover becoming passable.
