{"id":67843,"date":"2018-08-01T17:00:32","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T16:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=67843"},"modified":"2018-07-31T19:09:35","modified_gmt":"2018-07-31T18:09:35","slug":"review-eat-defeat-i-think-well-be-okay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-eat-defeat-i-think-well-be-okay\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Eat Defeat – I Think We’ll Be Okay"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nowadays, the title “pop-punk” has somewhat lost a lot of its previous positivity and rawness. It seems that there\u2019s a tendency for bands within the genre to sound very polished and pen overtly negative lyrics despite the genres\u2019 happy-go-lucky sound. One band aiming to steer clear of these tropes, however, are Leeds\u2019 Eat Defeat<\/strong>, who on their latest release, \u2018I Think We\u2019ll Be Okay<\/em>\u2019, bring back the feel-good, nostalgic pop-punk in refreshing fashion.<\/p>\n

For starters, there\u2019s a rawness in the production which draws on influences from skate-punk and DIY-punk. Tracks such as \u2018A Little Less Than Okay<\/em>\u2019, \u2018Nothing\u2019s Wrong<\/em>\u2019 and \u2018Can\u2019t Say I\u2019ll Miss You<\/em>\u2019 show this brilliantly, with blazing, highly-distorted guitars grinding over double-time kick drums and pounding bass-lines. It\u2019s a familiar format, of course, but what the record lacks in variation, it makes up for in its fast-tempo, smash-and-grab energy \u2013 something highlighted by the cheeky, 42-second, quick cut \u2018Duvet Day\u2019<\/em>.<\/p>\n