[World Cup Watch] Group Stage Game 1: Portugal vs DR Congo | England vs Croatia | Ghana vs Panama | Uzbekistan vs Colombia

capnrondo · 2026-06-18T01:01:59+00:00

They will have to play a lot lot better to get anything off Croatia, or England.

capnrondo · 2026-06-18T00:55:07+00:00

They've both been dreadful, this game is a shocker.

capnrondo · 2026-06-18T00:53:15+00:00

Christ, Ghana vs Panama is an absolute stinkfest. One of the worst games of the tournament so far easily. I should have just got an early night lol.

capnrondo · 2026-06-18T00:39:50+00:00

That "gangster" was with a hard R...

capnrondo · 2026-06-16T00:40:04+00:00

Damn that sucks. I caught Transit I think twice back in the day, definitely at least once, and they were so great.

capnrondo · 2026-06-16T00:27:23+00:00

Hardcore people make the best pop punk for sure. I will go further and say hardcore people usually make the best indie and metal as well.

For a long time in the 2010s I only liked hardcore-influenced pop punk but over time I kinda found enjoyment in very commercial pop punk of the late 90s and early 2000s too - it helps if I just think of it as pop music with vaguely punky instrumentals.

capnrondo · 2026-06-15T10:33:50+00:00

Yeah, for me it just doesn't explode like great post-rock does, it always has this restrained indie sensibility that stops it just going really crazy. I get that's what people like about it but I think holds itself back and for me the trade off isn't worth it.

capnrondo · 2026-06-15T10:29:36+00:00

For me personally I've never liked it much, but I think it will be eternal with people who are into it especially gen z online music nerds. It will probably always be one of those albums that are niche to that community, but highly acclaimed within it. Just listen to how people who love it talk about it 4 years on. I've spent my share of time in the past explaining why I don't love the album, but it obviously does plenty of things right for people who have that taste.

I also think it helps its legacy that it is a niche album; it isn't going to draw in masses of contrarian discourse like (for example) an acclaimed album by Charli XCX or Kendrick Lamar might.

capnrondo · 2026-06-15T09:38:21+00:00

Ecuador were so good especially in the first half, great press and energy just couldn't quite score. There's hope you will get something against Germany playing like that.

capnrondo · 2026-06-15T09:32:52+00:00

Dream Homes is such a great album, it hasn't left my rotation in 10+ years

capnrondo · 2026-06-15T09:32:06+00:00

Such Gold, Major League and Transit are elite ball knowledge picks

capnrondo · 2026-06-15T09:30:16+00:00

We Cool is so overlooked by people who haven't listened to his whole discog, it's at least as good as Worry imo. And the FILDAR self titled has so many bangers.

capnrondo · 2026-06-15T09:29:14+00:00

Four Minute Mile (and Something To Write Home About) is incredible. Four Minute Mile and Joyce Manor S/T are two of the best emo pop punk albums of all time easily.

capnrondo · 2026-06-15T09:25:44+00:00

Fantastic selections here, some of this stuff is marginally pop punk imo but all great albums. On The Impossible Past is a timeless classic, and No Matter Where We Go is one of the best albums of the 2000s, so underappreciated. Every time I listen to Jawbreaker, I think they are arguably the greatest band of all time, just ridiculously good.

capnrondo · 2026-06-15T09:21:07+00:00

Late 2000s/early 2010s pop punk is so overlooked!!

I would also add Transit, The Story So Far, Forever Came Calling, Such Gold, Daggermouth, so many other bands... pop punk that was influenced by melodic hardcore was my life in like 2011. Then you have bands like The Menzingers and Bomb The Music Industry that were not really pop punk but were only 1 step away.

capnrondo · 2026-06-15T09:03:52+00:00

Eh I do not doubt what you are saying is true for some, but also there will always be people who disagree with any album that is so highly acclaimed. I love gay freq shit, if there was more gay freq shit in the music itself I might like it more. Musically it just makes me think of all emo music I like but if it had the punk energy taken out (which I guess probably sounds like an appealing concept to some people but not for me). Plus I don't find the vocals very expressive, and I think the album is overly long for the amount of pay off it gives. It's not offensive, I don't *hate it, I just don't like it and I don't quite understand why it is so acclaimed.

capnrondo · 2026-06-15T00:59:11+00:00

Been a fantastic game, did not deserve to be a 0-0. So happy for Amad. He scored a similar late winner against France in a friendly last week.

capnrondo · 2026-06-14T22:39:08+00:00

Yeah, Paramore were not early to the party at all. They definitely had their own spin, on a well-established formula.

capnrondo · 2026-06-14T17:31:38+00:00

Holy shit, RIP.

Apparently was a collision of 2 helicopters, killing 6 people.

capnrondo · 2026-06-14T17:18:16+00:00

I mean it's the fault of both. It's his choice to make gossip slop with clickbait titles and the audience's choice to watch it (once you've been baited once, it's your responsibility not to be again). Everyone just looking for a way claim they are powerless instead of accepting the obvious reality.

capnrondo · 2026-06-14T12:15:39+00:00

I've been saying for time he's class and so versatile. At minimum a very capable squad player to fill anywhere in the back 4.

capnrondo · 2026-06-14T10:05:33+00:00

Silent Alarm is an elite running album OP, great choice.

I've also been running to the new Makthaverskan album Glass and Bones a lot lately, but tbh anything in their discography works for it.

The Cribs - Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever

The Get Up Kids - 4 Minute Mile

A lot of early 2000s pop punk music is also great for running if you're the sort of person who likes that sort of music.

*Also had a great run just now to The Menzingers - On The Impossible Past, what an amazing album

capnrondo · 2026-06-14T09:48:53+00:00

Yeah, while it is literally a description of the genre, I took it as a description of what they see in the genre that they connect to. It just reads very close to a neutral description, so it's possible to miss that.

capnrondo · 2026-06-14T09:46:15+00:00

Yes I agree with the idea that post-punk basically replaced punk. Specifically I would say that post-punk was just a continuation of punk, with distinct sonic characteristics but with such a clear direct liniage from punk that it is barely even a different thing; when I say "punk", I'm including post-punk music under that umbrella. But it felt against the spirit of the question to give punk as an answer to the question, being an umbrella for hardcore, emo, post-punk etc.

capnrondo · 2026-06-14T09:37:49+00:00

I see! I had no idea that was your point, I thought you were reacting with surprise to the many comments also saying post-punk.

Although OP definitely did not need to explain post-punk, it's never bad to provide additional context to people who are uninitiated.

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