Gone Stereo “Don’t Think I Forget About You”
A breakup needs to be celebrated, and there’s nothing more fun than a furious, hard-hitting punk song more appropriate to set all the love, drama, and hate on fire. Gone Stereo is coming back with a two-single release. “Don’t Think I Forget About You” speaks from the present/future with a moved-on mindset, while “Taste of This” takes you back in time where the gun powder still flies in the air of a post-relationship war zone. Fierce, brutal, and spicy, Gone Stereo gives you a nostalgic taste of that authentic 90s’ and early 00s’ electrified punk scene.
“Don’t Think I Forget About You” opens with a defining punk rhythm that could instantly cause some great disturbance in the crowd. A full dose of hormone and plenty of attitude, they are starting a fire right there on stage or in this case, in your sound system. Clarity doesn’t always bring out the best, sometimes, you see the ugliness and however the hell another person put your through, and all these feelings are valid. It feels good to hear some honest emotions. It’s good for the soul. Their unfiltered, straight-from-the-gut lyrics doesn’t give a damn about political rightness or cultural trend. A person deserves to express themselves the way they feel, and the truth is, no matter how we pretend to “be ok",” deep down, we all experience anger, betrayal, hate, and Gone Stereo is bringing you an outlet to let these out all so you don’t hurt yourself and others.
Brutally honest and unapologetic. That’s punk rock, no mistake, but Gone Stereo isn’t just another pop-punk band. They separate themselves from the others with their burning melodic passion and outrageously palpable sonics, becoming something of their own creation of trouble-making. Their music is stage bound. It’s meant to be embraced by headbangers and trouble makers. Even just hearing the studio version is already putting you on the edge of your seat. “Taste of This” goes back in time to a place and time still in the mindset of “I can’t live without her.” A machine gun power riff tells all the messy, unsorted feelings. The drums are unmistakable. They are the hard-hitters that glue everything together. The lyrics in “Taste of This” are even more raw and confrontational. It seems to have channeled something deeply uncomfortable and emotive right there in the spot during the time of writing.
The two singles complete the storytelling. Not from the person who wants to sit down and write some songs about a past relationship. They bleed in their music. and they bleed through every one of them. That’s the beauty of Gone Stereo. They aren’t trying to polish or hide anything. They aren’t writing something that they aren’t feeling at the moment. The in-your-face attitude and aesthetic is truly something special about their music.
