Single Review: Figure It Out – Silence Isn’t Golden EP

The Arizona based quartet Figure It Out have emerged with a new EP, Silence Isn’t Golden, that is due out on September 1st and will be their first release since the sophomore EP, Nothing To Lose. Silence Isn’t Golden picks up exactly where the last release leaves off, this is an EP of energetic high-tempo tracks that incorporates anthemic elements into the songs, if all this sounds familiar that’s because it is, as Silence Isn’t Golden feels like an exact recreation of pop punks glory days.

Opening track Second Best starts with the familiar Na Na Na Na Na so beloved of many pop punk bands and I get the feeling that I know exactly what I’m in for. All four tracks on Silence Isn’t Golden are cookie cutter recreations of the golden days of pop punk. Tracks such as Lullaby and the EP’s title track continue the somewhat predictable upbeat energetic fizz, and just to complete the feeling that the Silence Isn’t Golden EP has bypassed much of the last two decades, the final track, Sleep Without You, starts with an acoustic heartfelt moment that builds to a crescendo as it seems that no self respecting pop punk band can resist writing a song like this.

If you’re a fan of established North American pop punks such as Blink-182, Sum 41 and New Found Glory then you’ll be in your element, Figure It Out have taken the template laid down in the heyday of pop punk and have taken it, and not so much run with it as cloned it. There’s nothing on the Silence Isn’t Golden EP that you haven’t heard before, but I will say that they have done it very well, so well that if i didn’t know better I would have guessed that this came out at the end of the last millennium. If you love that vintage pop punk sound then this is an EP that will be exactly what you’re looking for, but I’ll just stick with my copy of Enema Of The State.

Figure It Out‘s website can be found here