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Boys Like Girls

Andover, MA, US · 2005–present · active
Boys Like Girls turned late-2000s pop punk into bright, high-gloss guitar music without losing the urgency that powered the style. Martin Johnson's songwriting gave the band its center: anxious, romantic, immediately singable choruses pushed by ringing guitars, quick tempos, and a knack for hooks that could cross from club rooms to radio. Their self-titled debut broke through with "The Great Escape," "Hero/Heroine," and "Thunder," while Love Drunk sharpened the band's power-pop instincts and expanded its reach. After a long recording gap, Sunday at Foxwoods returned to the emotional and regional memory of the band's early friendships while sounding older, cleaner, and more reflective. The group's best songs work because their polish is charged by restlessness. Even when the production leans pop, the songs still carry a punk-derived pulse: forward motion, compressed feeling, bright guitars in motion, and choruses built like release valves for teenage pressure that matured without losing its snap.
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Broadside

Richmond, VA, US · 2010–present · active
Broadside formed in Richmond, Virginia in 2010 and grew from a regional pop-punk act into a polished alternative rock band centered on Oliver Baxxter's vocals and emotionally direct songwriting. Old Bones established the band for Pure Noise-era pop-punk listeners, with "Coffee Talk" and related songs using bright guitars, quick tempos, and anxious romantic detail. Paradise and Into the Raging Sea broadened the palette, bringing bigger production, more varied rhythms, and a willingness to let the songs lean into pop without removing the guitar foundation. Hotel Bleu and later material with Thriller Records continued that shift, emphasizing atmosphere, hooks, and adult restlessness while keeping the band connected to the scene that first supported them. Broadside are not heavy, but they fit the punk and emo-pop scope through their roots, touring context, and guitar-based urgency. Their strongest work turns self-doubt, distance, reinvention, and relationship strain into compact choruses, and the band's history shows a gradual move from fast scene pop punk toward modern alternative rock without severing the original emotional vocabulary completely.
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