{"id":96550,"date":"2024-07-17T13:00:12","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T12:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=96550"},"modified":"2024-07-16T22:55:08","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T21:55:08","slug":"music-by-the-numbers-old-neon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/music-by-the-numbers-old-neon\/","title":{"rendered":"Music by the Numbers: Old Neon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hailing from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,\u00a0<strong>Old Neon\u00a0<\/strong>take their musical cues from pop-punk, emo, and indie bands from 2000s and 2010s. This results in an immediately favourable brand of equally passionate and melodic sound, led by driving guitars and urgent hooks. 2024 has seen the quintet deliver a trio of singles, showcasing their dynamism.<\/p>\n<p>The latest is <em>&#8216;Whatever Helps You Sleep At Night&#8217;<\/em>, a vibrant slice of emotional pop-punk. With punching percussion, and Drew Sipos&#8217;s favourable melodies, the track thrives with youthful energy and is reminiscent of early Taking Back Sunday. It follows\u00a0<em>&#8216;Empty Frames&#8217;<\/em> and\u00a0<em>&#8216;Keep Your Misery&#8217;<\/em>. The former hones in on\u00a0<strong>Old Neon<\/strong>&#8216;s harmonious pop-punk side. While the latter is a high-octane, pumping offering of driving emo-rock. Together, they showcase solid and assured growth from the Pittsburgh collective, continuing the momentum from last year&#8217;s debut album,\u00a0<em>&#8216;Can&#8217;t Fucking Wait&#8217;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>As a band on the rise,\u00a0<strong>Old Neon<\/strong> recently played alongside The All-American Rejects, Something Corporate, and more as part of the\u00a0Four Chord Music Festival in their hometown, fitting right into the impressive bill.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about\u00a0<strong>Old Neon<\/strong>, we asked them to talk music by the numbers; the songs they wish they&#8217;d written, the bands they&#8217;d like to play with, those all-important tour essentials, and more.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Whatever Helps You Sleep At Night\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0ul6qG2bCsA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>One artist\/band I couldn\u2019t live without:<\/h2>\n<p>Drew Sipos (Vocals): Fall Out Boy. They are the bedrock of my music taste. Even \u2018Mania \u2018slaps.<\/p>\n<h2>Two people I know that have shaped my passion for music:<\/h2>\n<p>Sean Michael (bass): My uncle, Rich, he died really young and I inherited his guitars. That&#8217;s when I began to play.<\/p>\n<p>Mike McInnes (guitar): My High School band director, Erich Lascek.<\/p>\n<h2>Three songs I wish we&#8217;d written:<\/h2>\n<p>Blink 182 &#8211; Dammit<br \/>\nFall Out Boy &#8211; Sugar, We\u2019re Goin\u2019 Down<br \/>\nBetween You &amp; Me\u00a0&#8211; Change<\/p>\n<h2>Four bands everyone should hear:<\/h2>\n<p>Mallory Run<br \/>\nPool Kids<br \/>\nPink Floyd<br \/>\nHeading North<\/p>\n<h2>Five songs we love:<\/h2>\n<p>The Band Camino &#8211; &#8216;Same Page&#8217;<br \/>\nThe Midnight &#8211; &#8216;Sunset&#8217;<br \/>\nThe Wonder Years &#8211; &#8216;Low Tide&#8217;<br \/>\nChappell Roan &#8211; &#8216;Pink Pony Club&#8217;<br \/>\nFour Year Strong &#8211; &#8216;Learn to Love the Lie&#8217;<\/p>\n<h2>Six bands we&#8217;re keen to play with:<\/h2>\n<p>Action\/Adventure<br \/>\nAnother One Down!<br \/>\nGood Hangs<br \/>\nSomething Corporate<br \/>\nEquipment<br \/>\nFour Year Strong<\/p>\n<h2>Seven places we&#8217;re love to play:<\/h2>\n<p>Red Rocks<br \/>\nMahalls (Lakewood, OH)<br \/>\nSlam Dunk Fest<br \/>\nRiot Fest<br \/>\nThe Troubadour<br \/>\nWhiskey A Go Go<br \/>\nLollapalooza<\/p>\n<h2>Eight essential tour items:<\/h2>\n<p>Cliff Bars &amp; snacks<br \/>\nCaffeine<br \/>\nOur own microphones (germs)<br \/>\nExtra cables (instrument &amp; XLR)<br \/>\nIn-ear monitors\/belt packs<br \/>\nPhone chargers<br \/>\nGoPro<br \/>\nFor the bass player; one of those play gyms for babies<\/p>\n<h2>Nine words to describe our band:<\/h2>\n<p>Energetic<br \/>\nFun<br \/>\nKinetic<br \/>\nFriendly<br \/>\nLoud<br \/>\nAwesome<br \/>\nBussin\u2019<br \/>\nWelcoming<br \/>\nExciting<\/p>\n<h2>Ten favourite albums of all time:<\/h2>\n<p>The Wonder Years &#8211; &#8216;The Greatest Generation&#8217;<br \/>\nStand Atlantic &#8211; &#8216;Pink Elephant&#8217;<br \/>\nBlink-182 &#8211; &#8216;Enema of The State&#8217;<br \/>\nBoygenius &#8211; &#8216;The Record&#8217;<br \/>\nMicrowave &#8211; &#8216;Much Love&#8217;<br \/>\nPedro the Lion &#8211; &#8216;Control&#8217;<br \/>\nThe Wonder Years &#8211; &#8216;The Hum Goes On Forever&#8217;<br \/>\nStory of the Year &#8211; &#8216;Page Avenue&#8217;<br \/>\nJon Bellion &#8211; &#8216;The Human Condition&#8217;<br \/>\nFour Year Strong &#8211; &#8216;Rise or Die Trying&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Music by the Numbers: Old Neon\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/0nWXpgceI5BusFLaVRejcA?si=1a10b491361e4d9f&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Find <strong>Old Neon<\/strong> on: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/oldneonmusic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/oldneonmusic\">X (Formerly Twitter)<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/oldneonmusic\/?hl=en-gb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@oldneonmusic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TikTok<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/6wlS5mhA0UzBOuLfaeMQvx?si=CF0SeJj8TXeWKOUa3WyyZA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/gb\/artist\/old-neon\/1489380384\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple Music<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/oldneonmusic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linktr.ee<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rising Pittsburgh emo\/pop-punk outfit pick out their dream venues, favourite songs, albums, and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96551,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2329,15017],"tags":[235,17688],"class_list":["post-96550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-music-by-numbers","tag-music-by-numbers","tag-old-neon"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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