365 project:"what were the words you said to me that made me feel so special now"

day 7.

artist:finch
album:what it is to burn

thinking back on 2000-2003, i got to experience a lot of really fun pop-punk music. i was listening almost solely to bands like finch, the starting line, new found glory, taking back sunday and brand new. i was going to shows as much as possible and having a lot of fun in life. honestly, though, how can you not have fun with upbeat pop-punk bands soundtracking your life.

i remember the first time i saw finch. i was going to warped tour in asbury park and my friend Tim said that they were a band i needed to check out. Tim usually knew what he was talking about in terms of bands, and i trusted his advice, so i went over to check them out and was totally floored. they had the sound that i was loving at the time, and and weren't afraid to have fun on stage.

this CD is one of the few that i don't actually remember how i got. i have a vague feeling that it was via the radio station, but i could have just as easily picked it up at that very warped tour or at skate and surf at the drive thru tent. its unlikely that i bought it in a store, though that might be the case. its weird that i don't know how i got it, but thems the breaks.

what i do know is that this wasn't a disk that i listened to for a while and then put away. actually, in order to sit down and listen to it for today's blog, i had to go out to my car and bring it inside. it is absolutely still a go-to album for driving or for a generally good day. I'm sad that this band's later efforts just didn't grab me the way the first album did, because i have a feeling that even at 40 or 50 years old ill still be listening to what it is to burn.