A Day To Remember were my gateway drug to an ever-steeper descent into this weird and wonderful world of heavy music.  A Day To Remember are sort of… baby’s first hardcore band. They released one of the best albums of my era, Homesick, which still holds a special place in my vinyl cabinet. One of my first mosh pit experiences would have been their set at Soundwave here in Brisbane over a decade ago. We played Downfall of us All at my wedding. I like the band. I’m not completely ignorant of the patchiness of their career, however - I still don’t think their follow-up What Separates Me From You was all that good, and the less said about their most recent album Bad Vibrations the better. I didn’t really have high expectations for the album I will be talking about today, You’re Welcome.

By comparison, who on earth is Machine Gun Kelly, and why is he releasing tracks with Travis Barker? Some zoomer-era soundcloud rapper released a Sum 41 cover album and now everyone’s supposed to care? 

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Since Rumours just released their debut EP, If Only You Could Feel Something, assuming it’s any good I’d like to give them an uncomfortably humid Queensland welcome by knowing at least some of the lyrics. I do love finding new bands and seeing what Australia can produce, especially since we seem to have the world’s best heavy music at the moment.