State Champs
State Champs formed in Albany, New York in 2010 and became one of the central bands in the 2010s pop-punk revival. Early demos and the 2011 release Apparently, I'm Nothing led into the Pure Noise era, where Overslept and The Finer Things defined their sound: fast, cleanly produced guitars, tightly stacked backing vocals, and Derek DiScanio's bright, elastic lead melodies. Around the World and Back gave the band a larger, more polished profile while keeping the punchy rhythms and emotionally direct writing that had made their debut connect. Living Proof, Kings of the New Age, and the self-titled State Champs continued to refine a sound built for both club sing-alongs and bigger rock rooms. The band's history is less about dramatic reinvention than consistency and craft. They write with the speed and uplift of classic pop punk, but their recordings emphasize modern clarity, vocal precision, and choruses that turn romantic tension, uncertainty, and resilience into compact, high-energy songs. Their polish works because the rhythm section still moves like a punk band.
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State Champs Discography
5 tracks
- 1 The Record 3:04
- 2 Shades of Gray 3:16
- 3 Rooftops 2:32
- 4 Small Talk 4:22
- 5 Stick Around (Bonus Track) 3:42
9 tracks
- 1 How It Used To Be 2:31
- 2 Hot and Bothered 3:03
- 3 I Would Try 2:19
- 4 If It Helps You Focus 3:12
- 5 The Record 3:01
- 6 Shades of Gray 3:13
- 7 Rooftops 2:27
- 8 Small Talk 4:17
- 9 Stick Around 3:36
4 tracks
- 1 Tonsil Hockey 0:40
- 2 Critical 3:22
- 3 We Are the Brave 3:30
- 4 Remedy 3:44
11 tracks
- 1 Elevated 3:29
- 2 Deadly Conversation 3:12
- 3 Hard to Please 3:02
- 4 Prepare to Be Noticed 3:06
- 5 Over the Line 3:24
- 6 Simple Existence 3:45
- 7 Remedy 3:23
- 8 Nothing's Wrong 3:25
- 9 Mind Bottled 2:54
- 10 Critical 3:22
- 11 Easy Enough 2:59
7 tracks
- 1 Elevated - Acoustic Version 3:49
- 2 Deadly Conversation - Acoustic Version 3:10
- 3 Hard to Please - Acoustic Version 3:23
- 4 Simple Existence - Acoustic Version 3:55
- 5 Easy Enough - Acoustic Version 3:24
- 6 Leave You in the Dark 3:24
- 7 If I'm Lucky 3:41
11 tracks
- 1 Eyes Closed 3:09
- 2 Secrets 3:44
- 3 Losing Myself 3:17
- 4 All You Are Is History 3:02
- 5 Perfect Score 3:18
- 6 All or Nothing 3:39
- 7 Shape Up 2:43
- 8 Back and Forth 2:52
- 9 Around the World and Back 3:50
- 10 Breaking Ground 3:42
- 11 Tooth and Nail 2:57
17 tracks
- 1 Eyes Closed 3:09
- 2 Secrets 3:44
- 3 Losing Myself 3:17
- 4 All You Are Is History 3:02
- 5 Perfect Score 3:18
- 6 All or Nothing 3:39
- 7 Shape Up 2:43
- 8 Back and Forth 2:52
- 9 Around the World and Back 3:50
- 10 Breaking Ground 3:42
- 11 Tooth and Nail 2:57
- 12 Elevated - Live 3:30
- 13 All You Are Is History - Live 2:58
- 14 Losing Myself - Acoustic 3:11
- 15 Secrets - Acoustic 3:54
- 16 Hurry Up and Wait 2:29
- 17 Slow Burn 3:08
13 tracks
- 1 Criminal 3:22
- 2 Frozen 2:59
- 3 Crystal Ball 3:12
- 4 Dead and Gone 3:11
- 5 Lightning 2:56
- 6 Our Time to Go 3:44
- 7 Safe Haven 3:37
- 8 Something About You 2:52
- 9 The Fix Up 3:27
- 10 Cut Through the Static 2:59
- 11 Mine is Gold 2:44
- 12 Time Machine 3:29
- 13 Sidelines 3:25
1 track
- 1 Where I Belong (feat. We The Kings) 3:10
1 track
- 1 Real World 3:48
6 tracks
- 1 A Thousand Hearts 4:52
- 2 The Recipe 3:31
- 3 10 Am 3:34
- 4 Crying out Loud 3:43
- 5 Criminal - Acoustic 3:40
- 6 Dead & Gone - Acoustic 3:29
1 track
- 1 Ordinary Christmas 1:48
1 track
- 1 Secrets - Lofi 3:31
3 tracks
- 1 Chicago is so Two Years Ago 3:17
- 2 Outta My Head 2:56
- 3 Just Sound 3:22
1 track
- 1 Elevated - Lofi 2:48
11 tracks
- 1 Here to Stay 2:56
- 2 Eventually 3:37
- 3 Everybody but You 3:47
- 4 Outta My Head 2:56
- 5 Fake It 3:02
- 6 Half Empty 3:31
- 7 Just Sound 3:22
- 8 Act Like That 3:03
- 9 Where Were You 2:47
- 10 Sundress 3:11
- 11 Some Minds Don't Change 2:46
2 tracks
- 1 Act Like That - Acoustic 3:05
- 2 Outta My Head - Acoustic 3:04
1 track
- 1 THE OUTSIDE - OUTSIDERS VERSION 4:04
3 tracks
- 1 Everybody but You - Lofi 2:29
- 2 Elevated - Lofi 2:48
- 3 Secrets - LoFi 3:31
14 tracks
- 1 The Constant 3:23
- 2 Silver Cloud 3:08
- 3 Clueless 3:09
- 4 Light Blue 3:08
- 5 Too Late to Say 3:16
- 6 Hell Of It 2:22
- 7 Sobering 2:46
- 8 Tight Grip 2:44
- 9 I Still Want To 2:41
- 10 Just a Dream 3:25
- 11 Save Face Story 3:19
- 12 Golden Years 3:27
- 13 (For The) Hell Of It 3:00
- 14 Common Sense 3:11
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