Pop rock band Waterparks is celebrating their independence with their new music, “GH2024,” launched Friday. The monitor is a medley based mostly on their 2021 album, Biggest Hits.
This monitor marks the primary materials launched because the cancellation of their album Mental Property 2: Misplaced within the Property, which might’ve been their first independently launched undertaking. The band left their earlier label Fueled by Ramen in 2023.
Not like the band’s earlier medleys, which had been derived from their first two information Double Dare and Leisure, this 7-minute medley solely pulls from a handful of the album’s 17 songs. This is smart although, because the album nonetheless marks the band’s longest tracklist but, and truly permits the medley to really feel extra targeted and stand by itself.
The sections “Fuzzy” and “Lowkey as Hell” sound extremely devoted to the unique songs, with Geoff Wigington’s guitar and Otto Wooden’s drumming feeling simply as impactful as earlier than. In the meantime, “American Graffiti” is given a refreshingly barebones association, with Awsten Knight exhibiting barely notable vocal development.
On different components, just like the “Simply Kidding” part, the hyperpop influences the unique album first applied are available full power right here, reflecting the band’s current sonic development on the next album Mental Property.
General, “GH2024” is sort of an eclectic pay attention, harkening again to Waterparks’ previous whereas exhibiting good indicators of the band’s newfound independence.