#old neon

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Mirabel Springs Rancho, 2024. ph. Insley Smullen.

[vanishingsydney]

"The Vic". Victoria Hotel c.1887. Nothing special about this quiet late Victorian-era corner pub, except for the spooky-on-a-misty-night backlit HOTEL neon on top that's been there for at least 35 years. Annandale.

[oldshowbiz]

driving through the night playing motel roulette...

[falloutbradreviews]

Old Neon – Resolution / Maybe This Is All There Is

I was about to start off this review by saying that I “sometimes” love to be a music fan, but that isn’t true – I always love being a music fan, but there are moments that I absolutely live for as a music fan. One of my favorite things is stumbling on random and obscure bands that no one’s ever heard of, and a band that I found recently is the band Old Neon. I found them through a random podcast called Good Noise Podcast, and it’s comprised of two hosts that talk about different kinds of music, especially alternative, pop-punk, metalcore, and various kinds of music throughout the “scene.” They did an interview with Good Noise, and they talked about their experience writing and recording their new EP, Resolution. It had been out for the last couple of weeks, thankfully, so I was able to check it out. I wanted to check out their last couple of EPs, as well as their debut album, but I mainly focused on the last two EPs. I listened to some of their debut LP, 2023’s Can’t Fucking Wait, and I’ll be honest – I didn’t care for it. Not only is the album 49 minutes, which is way longer than most pop-punk albums should be, but it’s also just a generic and rough around the edges type of album that I don’t usually care for.

I will say, however, that their last two EPs are huge steps up, and even the improvement from 2024’s Maybe This Is All There Is to 2025’s Resolution is astounding. These guys don’t necessarily do anything out of the ordinary, but they’ve got a penchant for catchy hooks and melodies, especially on songs like “Better Son” and “Baby Blue” from Resolution, but songs like “Keep Your Misery” and “Just Friends” from Maybe This Is All There Is are stellar, too, and the latter song feature guest vocals from the band Heading North (a band that seems to be from the same area, but they just put out their debut EP last year, and it absolutely rules), but they’re what I like when it comes to bands and artists that do what they do well. They don’t need to blow me away, or even be super unique, but they need to have something that keeps me coming back. This band has a great vocalist, and some catchy hooks that I absolutely love hearing, so there’s enough for me to want to dive into these EPs again. There’s not much to really say about these EPs, but the reason why I wanted to talk about these guys is because of how underground they are.

I love championing bands that not a lot of people have heard of, especially ones that have a sound that would appeal to a lot of people. I don’t think you’ll have your mind blown by this band, because they are a straightforward pop-rock / pop-punk band, but if you enjoy Fall Out Boy, The Home Team, Arrows In Action, and bands with great pop-sounding vocalists with a pop-punk backbone, I think you’ll like this a lot. These guys have a bright future ahead of them, especially if they keep making super catchy and fun pop-punk. Check out the Good Noise Podcast, too; they talk about a good variety of music that I’m sure a lot of my readers will surely enjoy, but they also interview a lot of unknown / underground artists, such as Old Neon. Sometimes an album or EP just bangs, and that’s all you need, but you don’t need to think too hard about it.

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29.03.2019

I'm way more proud of this shot than I really should. But I feel again that feeling of misplaced nostalgia. I never lived in the States, and I was born after they completely removed the route 66 from the United States Highway System. However, after reading The Grapes of Wrath and watching Cars, I can't help but feel allowed, if not even entitled, to feel nostalgic about it. Do you have similar feelings about a place?

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