The Bombpops
This is ‘Death in Venice Beach’ Where The Bombpops had a Fear of Missing Ou… Read Full Bio ↴This is ‘Death in Venice Beach’ Where The Bombpops had a Fear of Missing Out on their 2017 debut full-length, their highly anticipated follow up shows what happens when you’re too involved—with booze, bad situations, and behavior that’s unsustainable at best and destructive at worst.
This is Death in Venice Beach (out now on Fat Wreck Chords!), the comedown after the high, when clarity pierces the morning-after haze.
It’s right there in the title, an allusion to Thomas Mann’s celebrated novella about the price of an artistic life. The Bombpops co-founder and singer-guitarist Jen Razavi read it as the band debated titles for their second full-length. “It’s a cautionary tale to those that want to become an artist,” she says, “but it’s also really comforting to artists who can’t help or necessarily contain being who they are and what they’re drawn to.”
What draws The Bombpops hasn’t changed: highly melodic punk with big guitars, vocal harmonies, and the SoCal sound that inspired Razavi, co-founder and singer-guitarist Poli van Dam, bassist Neil Wayne, and drummer Josh Lewis. But the more light-hearted skate punk of Fear of Missing Out has a serrated edge on Death in Venice Beach, as Razavi and van Dam explore darker themes—even though the songs are catchier than ever.
“I want people to feel this dark, uneasy feeling,” says van Dam, who had plenty of her own in the three years since FOMO. She suffered a potentially life-threatening diabetic seizure on tour in the fall of 2018 (referenced in “Double Arrows Down,” one of album’s standout tracks), and she sought treatment for alcoholism while the new album was in post-production.
http://thebombpops.com/
This is Death in Venice Beach (out now on Fat Wreck Chords!), the comedown after the high, when clarity pierces the morning-after haze.
It’s right there in the title, an allusion to Thomas Mann’s celebrated novella about the price of an artistic life. The Bombpops co-founder and singer-guitarist Jen Razavi read it as the band debated titles for their second full-length. “It’s a cautionary tale to those that want to become an artist,” she says, “but it’s also really comforting to artists who can’t help or necessarily contain being who they are and what they’re drawn to.”
What draws The Bombpops hasn’t changed: highly melodic punk with big guitars, vocal harmonies, and the SoCal sound that inspired Razavi, co-founder and singer-guitarist Poli van Dam, bassist Neil Wayne, and drummer Josh Lewis. But the more light-hearted skate punk of Fear of Missing Out has a serrated edge on Death in Venice Beach, as Razavi and van Dam explore darker themes—even though the songs are catchier than ever.
“I want people to feel this dark, uneasy feeling,” says van Dam, who had plenty of her own in the three years since FOMO. She suffered a potentially life-threatening diabetic seizure on tour in the fall of 2018 (referenced in “Double Arrows Down,” one of album’s standout tracks), and she sought treatment for alcoholism while the new album was in post-production.
http://thebombpops.com/
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The Bombpops Lyrics
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13 Stories Down Home alone just getting pissed I feel like I barely exist…
All in a Day's Lurk You don′t get it You don't get the hint that I′ve…
Be Sweet Much too young but still in love It must have been…
Blood Pact Pit stop on the road to hell Honeymoon inside this cheap…
Brake Lights I need to leave I need gas Third time I'm late…
Breathe I feel like the last time I saw you we…
CA In July I never walk, I always run Hey, I don't wanna look,…
Can O' worms Does anybody see the top to this can of worms? I…
Can't Come Clean I'm always repeating sick thoughts in my head I'm tired of…
Capable of Lies As satisfying as it can be Rolling off my tongue it…
Crazy Oh I can see your lies All I gotta do is…
Dear Beer I'm about to hit send I'm waiting for the weekend The days…
Dearly Departed John F Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe Andy Warhol had his Brigitte …
Double Arrows Down I'm sitting here Tired of living life that's filled with fea…
F.O.M.O. The bar closed about one hour ago I canceled my last…
Forever Since Take a heavy blow on my heart last year A self-inflicted…
In the Doghouse Like tourists on the boulevard of stars I'm lost and wanderi…
Jerk I've been smokin', I've been drinkin' I've been thinkin' abo…
Marry. Fuck. Kill. She pushed him down just to watch him fall He′s got…
Notre Dame Well it seems like things are getting worse You're the black…
Open Ended Staying home never sounded so good All the things that I…
Outta Hand They say that you want what you can't have but I…
Paranoid You're always running from things that you can't see I know…
Southbound Stranger I'm on a train Southbound train to San Diego Goodbye lover, …
Sweet for Sorrow I'm gonna do whatever it takes to make sure that…
The Medicine Cabinet I wake up, like any other day and go to…
Watch Me Fold It doesn't matter if you put on your poker face You…
Zero Remorse Meticulous and clean, we were never seen Hidden in plain sig…