The Pickup

Bands and new music for fans of Sum 41

BACKDOWN

by Drastic Park

Hey guys! We are Drastic Park from Melbourne, Australia. We recently dropped our latest single BACKDOWN which premiered on Dreambound. It was produced by Alan Day of Four Year Strong and mastered by Jay Maas of Defeater. It is the first song featuring our new lead guitarist/backing vocalist Elise

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Obey! (We Won't!)

by The 30s

We're The 30s, a Pop-Punk band out to prove that punks don't have to get old! Professionals by Day and Rock Stars by night! To celebrate Labor Day, we released "Obey! (We Won't!)" - a high-energy, punky protest song aimed at supporting the striking workers around the world.​ We're a two-piece band.

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Give it a Try

by Movement At Night

As a nostalgic person of the 90s and being influenced by Anglo-Saxon Indie Rock / Alternative / Pop Punk songs, I am a self-produced singer-songwriter under the name of Movement At Night.

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Junkyard Sessions

by Backdrop Falls

Backdrop Falls release their newest audiovisual project "Junkyard Sessions" in an out-of-the-box setting, featuring three live tracks from the album "There's No Such Place as Home" and the single "Mona Lisa".

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Leaving Tolmin

by TwoMinutesHate

We're TwoMinutesHate from Norway and this is our bittersweet bop Leaving Tolmin! Our singer Sama recorded the first draft of this while crying in an airport restroom on the way home from our fave festival; Punk Rock Holiday in Tolmin, Slovenia. Come take a deep dive into our most cherished memories!

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Detoxstaycation

by The Upshot

The Upshot are a new punk band from the south of England delivering high octane melodic punk. Speaking about the debut single 'Detoxstaycation', guitarist Matt Spracklen says, “It’s angsty and fast and written at a point during lockdown when I was climbing the walls to get out".

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Swimming With Sharks

by No Breakfast Goodbye

Hi y'all! We're No Breakfast Goodbye, a high energy poppy skate-punk (or was it skatey poppunk) band from the Netherlands! Our newest single Swimming with Sharks is a very catchy, melodic tune! Hope you dig it!

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How to Lose Friends and Alienate People

by Watch Your Tone

Hi! We're Watch Your Tone, a butt rock revival band from L.A. This heavy hitter is a riff on the best-selling book, "How to Win Friends and Influence People." It features a guitar solo, a breakdown, a key change, and flips the script on scam artists and self-help gurus. Hope you like it!

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Almost Buried My Mind

by Ballast

Hi! This is BALLAST first song "Almost Buried My Mind". It's an uplifting fast-paced pop-punk anthem about fighting for our dreams and the struggles of trying to always be better than our past selves. I'm producing my music and my videos all by myself. DIY baby!

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What Will It Take?

by Crash-11

This song questions the misogyny and toxic masculinity in society, from ‘I’m Sorry, I Was Wrong’, which is available now on all standard music platforms. Described as well produced, aggressive, catchy skate/ pop-punk. All music is written, performed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Nick Naylor.

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PRESSURE

by Downtown District

We are Downtown District! A young, upcoming punkrockband from the Netherlands. We are proud to present to you our new single 'PRESSURE'. It is fittingly about the pressure we as a band experience in the search for a cemented spot in the twisted world of the musicindustry.

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Goodbye

by Lasting Effect

Lasting Effect released their first album, "Drift Away" in January 2016

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On Our Own

by Lasting Effect

On Our Own is an energetic and upbeat song about coping with losing touch with lots of childhood friends after graduating high school and college when everyone starts to go their own way in life by relocating, having kids, or becoming too busy to give efforts to the friendship.

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Love Thyself

by The Outside Kids

Hey we're The Outside Kids! Our new song “Love Thyself” basically means f@&$ you! It’s about exes changing our trajectory, life path, goals, who we are… Or not, as the case may be. Check it out and feel things.

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Postmouth

by Wasted History

Hey Folk we are Wasted History. And lately we've been mucking around with some Punk Rock and came up with a few gems we'll be releasing throughout the year. This is the first nugget and it's called 'Postmouth'. We hope you dig it \m/.

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The New Influence

by Zeta Zeroes

I'm a one-man band based near D.C. My debut EP "11:01" is out today, 4 hardcore and punk rock bangers I wrote as a teenager 11-12 years ago, rerecorded for proper release this year. I hate the contradictory conformity of punk and hardcore so I wanted to make something off-kilter and original.

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Scream If You Want To

by Inner City Witches

In just 2:43, listeners can expect two separate guitar solos doubling as a bridge between tremendously polished, persistent sections of heavy percussion and vocals. The second solo then leads into a complete change of pace for the track’s final 45 seconds, providing an ominous, grungy breakdown.

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Mona Lisa

by Backdrop Falls

Catchy choruses you can sing along to, thick alt-rock riffs and dead honest pop punk and punk rock sensibilities are a few of the band’s biggest assets and their new single “Mona Lisa” showcases just that. Backdrop Falls new realese is part of the band's new album release "Fairytales and Fireworks".

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Treehanger

by Drew Gallagher

My name is Drew Gallagher and I'm a pop-punk artist from Boston. I grew up listening to bands like blink 182, New Found Glory, Sum 41, Neck Deep, and other American Pie artists. My song Treehanger is about meeting a friend that helped me in a low bout of suicidal depression.

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Sad And Short

by Stick Figure Funeral

Hey, this is my newest track Sad And Short! It's a fusion of a rough angsty 1990s pop-punk sound with some more modern production elements, with a fast tempo and catchy hook to go along. Hope you enjoy it!

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