Seaweed - Bill

 

Year: 1992

Label: Sub Pop

Seaweed sort of mastered a very specific version of punk rock that leans heavily into the catchiest parts of indie rock, but always keeps the guitars cranked and the tempo charging enough to steer it back onto the punk highway. I wish this could be called pop punk without conjuring up all the awful spirits of Fat Records and SoCal bros in boardshorts and Pennywise t shirts. Because truly, this is what the term pop punk SHOULD mean; it's punk but with pop harmony earworms buried in the charging guitars. But alas, much like the term "emo" has been co-opt and bastardized, so has "pop punk." 

Oh well, Seaweed would probably appreciate not being labelled as such anyway. Can't blame them. But I do love them. And I love these two songs, one of which would show up on the 'Weak' album that came out the same year, which is an all time favorite record of mine. If you were keeping score.

DL