Punk Goes Pop 2 Gets UK Release Date

Punk Goes Pop Volume 2 will be released in the UK on March 30th.

Bayside Posts Punk Goes Pop 2 Cover

Bayside have posted their cover of 'Beautiful Girls' can be heard on their myspace.

Punk Goes Pop 2 Album Stream and Audio Blogs

A full album stream of Punk Goes Pop 2, as well as contributing audio blogs from contributing artists can be heard here.

Album Review: Various Artists - Punk Goes Pop Volume 2

Cover albums are risky business. They occasionally have some great songs performed in a unique way. However most of the time, they are just aren't very good, plain and simple and the latest 'Punk Goes...' compilation is no different. In fact it's worse, it's a disaster.

Take 14 of the most popular and up and coming bands in the alternative scene at the moment and get them to cover 14 of the most popular pop songs from the decade or so. Sounds like it could be pretty interesting and has potential. Unfortunately its not interesting at all.

August Burns Red and Alesana scream and growl there way through their covers of Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake respectively. While Breathe Carolina show how punk they are with their dance beats and auto-tuned vocals with a cover of Miley Cyrus' 'See You Again' and the same goes for Attack Attack!'s cover of 'I Kissed A Girl' (Katy Perry).

The highlights of this compilation are few and far between; A Day To Remember take on The Fray's 'Over My Head (Cable Car)' in their usual way, whilst Four Year Strong's 'Love Song' hit the nail on the head and just manage to make the song their own. The same goes for Chiodos' cover of Harvey Danger's 'Flagpole Sitta'. However this particular track is spoilt with awful screaming. The other listenable tracks that are worth mentioning are Bayside's cover of 'Beautiful Girls' and Mayday Parade's 'When I Grow Up', originally by the Pussycat Dolls.

The problem with these highlights are that they are only JUST worth listening to. They are a like a rubbish piece of clothing you get from your mum as a Christmas present, you wear it a few times to please them but after awhile you forget about it and then ignore it.

It is true the songs are covered in a unique way but they're terrible and for the most part, they are unlistenable. I can see they're fun to listen to and for the most part the songs are laughable but for the wrong reasons. If I was Fearless Records and I'd have a hard think about where to take this compilation series next.

1/5

'Punk Goes Pop Volume 2' is available on Fearless Records on March 9th.
Visit 'Punk Goes Pop Volume 2' MySpace for details.

Sean Reid

Punk Goes Pop 2 now streaming online

Punk Goes Pop 2 is now streaming via MTV's The Leak website.

A Static Lullaby Release New Video

A Static Lullaby have released the video for their cover of Britney Spear's 'Toxic' which will be included on the forthcoming 'Punk Goes Pop 2' compilation. The video can be viewed here.

Mayday Parade Punk Goes Pop 2 Cover Posted

Mayday Parade's cover of the Pussycat Dolls' 'When I Grow Up' from the forthcoming 'Punk Goes Pop 2' compilation can be heard here.

Punk Goes Pop 2 is released in the UK on March 9th.

Alesana Punk Goes Pop 2 Studio Video

A video of Alesana recording Justin Timberlake's 'What Goes Around...' for the forthcoming Punk Goes Pop 2 compilation can be seen here.

Punk Goes Pop 2 Bonus Features Announced

The forthcoming Punk Goes Pop 2 compilation will include 2 videos from A Static Lullaby and Alesana.

August Burns Red Cover Britney

August Burns Red's cover of Britney Spear's "Baby One More Time" can now be heard on the Punk Goes Pop 2 myspace page.

Punk Goes Pop 2 Release Pushed Back and New Band Added

Punk Goes Pop 2 has had its release date pushed back to March 10th. However it has been announced Chiodos will be contributing a cover of Harvey Danger's 'Flagpole Sitta'.

Silverstein Posts Punk Goes Pop 2 Track

Silverstein's cover of One Republic's 'Apologize' from the forthcoming Punk Goes Pop 2 compilation has been released on the albums myspace. Silverstein singer Shane Told spoke about the album here.

Punk Goes Pop 2 Tracklisting Revealed

The Tracklisting for the forthcoming Pop Goes Punk 2 compilation, has been announced. The compilation will see A Day To Remember covering The Fray and Four Year Strongwill be doing their own version of Sara Bareilles's "Love Song".

Bayside To Cover Sean Kingston

According to Bayside's Anthony's blog, the band are set to cover Sean Kingston's "Beautiful Girls" for the forthcoming Pop Goes Punk 2 compilation.

Mayday Parade to cover The Pussycat Dolls for Punk Goes Pop 2 compilation

Mayday Parade have said at a recent show that they will cover The Pussycat Dolls for next Punk Goes Pop compilation album.

Punk Goes Pop 2 is released February 17th on Fearless Records.