In the run-up to xmas and as I continue to delay putting out any new material, I thought it was time I focused on answering an important question - What if Sum41 were a shit local Band?

As a regular feature in that ‘Kerrang’s top 50 funniest videos’ segment that used to run on ’The Hits' (a childhood staple for anyone that grew up with Freeview) ‘In Too Deep’ was perhaps the defining work of an era when increasingly large amounts of money were being pumped into glossy pop punk.

It’s also the greatest song in the world so I thought it was only right to honour the 15th anniversary of its UK release with a cover - a tenuous but profound link I’m sure you’ll agree. 

I’ve always wondered though, if we (read: I) would still hold the gems of this era to such extreme heights if they hadn’t arrived to us as gift-wrapped hits but if instead we’d had to sit through them being performed by a support act at a British toilet venue. Would I still be able find brilliance in lyrics as clunky as "When really it's closer than it is too far” or would I just wait outside, chain-smoke and moan about the audacity of having two supports ahead of the band I’m not even paying to see.

As a one-man, shitty local band (available for birthdays) I thought I was in a pretty good position to simulate what it might sound like and, frankly, it doesn’t sound good. But its been sat on my hard drive since June and I thought if I gave it a quasai-intellectual write up you might actually listen to it.
 
Next year I will reimagine Good Charlotte’s ‘Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous' in the style of Kid-A and I might actually release some proper new IYESAYA music.

WHAT IF SUM41 WERE A SHIT LOCAL BAND?

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