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A Youthful Summer



There's something about certain songs or artists that give feelings of nostalgia or just plain bliss. A Youthful Summer is a playlist built around those long summer days throughout the 2010's. I suppose the aesthetic and nostalgia aspects would be geared towards folks that grew up on some of the music on this playlist. Regardless I feel there are a lot of good musicians being represented here, I hope you enjoy!


I like to touch on all of the genres that I enjoy, but this playlist is narrowed down to a few main genres. Pop-punk is easily the most prevalent but realistically the genre appeals to a lot of younger folks. Not a bad aspect by any means but I like the nostalgia the genre evokes.



 In terms of overall influence I think the cake goes to A Day To Remember. Their music made "heavier" sounds more accessible to a wide audience. That's where the bit of easycore comes in. Belmont and Lonely Avenue are 2 slightly newer artists that I feel capture that sound really well.


Now with the feelings of youthfulness, I think it's important to take it back a bit further in time to note other artists that had an influence on later bands. Yellowcard, Good Charlotte, and Boys Like Girls all have at least 1 massively popular song that helped shape the alt pop/rock scenes. I know there's more obvious songs from a couple of these bands that would make a lot of playlists, but I'm going with personal favorites here for some of them; sorry!


(Is that Liam Gallagher?)

Coming back to pop-punk, the 2010's were huge for the genre and it's the decade I've personally grown up listening to. Maybe I'm slightly ignorant to any shortcomings, but you can't go wrong with any of these bands. Neck Deep, Knuckle Puck, Transit, The Wonder Years, The Story So Far etc. I could go on and on with that group of artists but I didn't want to overflow this playlist with one aspect of the whole vibe I'm going for.

So, A Youthful Summer? The interpretation could be vastly different depending on the person you ask. For me, it's a mixture of upbeat and uplifting songs with a slight tinge of teenage angst. Hopefully I hit the nail on the head for some folk, but if not it's understandable. Regardless I hope you enjoyed this playlist entry. Whether you found new songs to listen to or found songs that you'd forgotten, I hope something was gained. 

2020 wrap up coming before this dreaded year is over. Keep those eyelids peeled like a banana; or something. Lmao, peace!

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