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Appreciation Post #2


Hello social distancers, I hope you're doing well and virus free. I've been busy with work and animal crossing lately, although I'm off for a week on paid leave next week. Here's a quarantine appreciation post for y'all while I stay 6ft away from folk for a while.






I love a lot of things from the late 90's and early 2000's, and one of those things is Bear Vs Shark. The Michigan based post-hardcore band has been a longtime favorite of mine. Vocalist Marc Paffi's got such a unique dynamic to his bellowing yells. In all honesty I appreciate the whole album itself as it has such a great and fun feel to it.




Confide- Such Great Heights


If you've heard of Confide, then perhaps you're in the same boat as me here. Confide was one of many metalcore bands that were around in the late 2000's and trudged into the early 2010's. Such Great Heights is, in my opinion, one of those "anthems" or at the very least a nod to one of the best songs in the scene at the time.




Figure Eight- Clean


Ah yes, straight pop-punk. I stumbled upon Figure Eight through a group online a few years ago, and Clean is a memorable song on my pop-punk playlists. Figure Eight is a near clone of early The Story So Far with a hint of indie mixed in. Their EP Forever is short but so clean and fresh even today.



Stay safe good folk, I'll be posting my March playlist in a few days. I hope you enjoy!

I forgot to mention, if you digged Bear Vs Shark, check out Bars of Gold. You may notice some similarities ;)

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