I can’t say that there’s much to tear down, but something must be said about a few of these tracks. I love you and always will, but seriously guys, throw us a curveball once in awhile. I was going to mention Bayside’s beautifulky reworked, “Beautiful Girls,” as one of the best on the record, but out of all the tracks to choose, they pick the one that references suicide about 100x? Come on Bayside, expand. However, the most impressive tracks are given to us by A Day To Remember, who turn the Fray’s crooning, “Over My Head,” into a brocore fiesta and Escape The Fate, who breathe fresh life into the well overplayed Santana classic, “Smooth.” Along with these true standouts, “Apologize,” is given the edge Timbaland couldn’t by our Canadian friends in Silverstein, and Craig Owens and Chiodos turn the once low-fi anthem, “Flagpole Sitta,” into a new scene sensation as only they can. Alesana kicks things off is high fashion with their cover of Justin Timberlake’s, “What Goes Around…,” which has the obvious metal influence, but is still catchy and I think that’s the key with covers – you have to keep the heart/catchiness in tact. So to save time and space, we’re going to dedicate a paragraph to highs and one to lows on the record. Since artists and what tracks they’re covering began to slip in 2008, the anticipation for this record has been growing and growing and now UTG has finally heard the record and we must say, you better start counting your change or asking your parents for money because you’re going to need to get to the record store next week!Ĭompilations are hard to review because it’s different for every single track. This year, we return to what many hail as the best topic for these comps, top 40 covers. The wait is finally over! A new year is here and with it, the yearly Punk Goes… compilation from Fearless Records.

Punk goes pop volume two zips