Whippersnapper – America’s Favorite Passtime

Now the first Whippersnapper CD I had ever listened to was their newer release, The Long Walk, so I wasn’t sure how I’d like this one, or if it would be up to par with The Long Walk, mainly because many bands improve every CD they make. So I popped in this CD to see if I’d like it near as much. What do ya know, I did. I loved it. I was so surprised at how good this CD was, because most bands can’t make this great of a debut record label release.

The CD kicks off with a damn good song, Two of a Kind. It’s a fast paced beat, with some catchy riffs. The song is about a friend of Andy, it seems to me, though the lyrics are hard to hear in this one. A friend of his who’s girlfriend keeps dragging him back, right after ending the relationship. Of course he comes back, with desparity. The next song is called Swing Shift. It’s got the same fast type of beat, with less guitars in it than the first song. The next song has a badass intro, the song is called Stand Your Ground. Just like all Whippersnapper songs the lyrics are strong, yet hard to hear, as Andy sings faster than a jet plane will take you from New York to Jersey. The song is about a boy taking some wrong routes in life, but learning from his mistakes and changing because of what he’s learned, and how he was affected by his previous decisions. The songs outro is just as badass as the intro, almost. The next song is called Wrong Or Right. It’s about changes being made in ones life, and the question of whether the changes are wrong or right. The song is a little bit slower than most Whippersnapper songs, but it’s got the emotion that all Whippersnapper songs have as well as an awesome guitar solo in the middle of it. Whippersnapper once again keeps the same pace as the previous in the next song, Bottom Line. It has the fast, catchy, and creative intro, followed by the brains behind all the lyrics which come in quickly and go by quickly with the fast singing of Andy.

Changing pace a bit, Whippersnapper throw in a minute long intro, that is slightly more boring than their other intros, but it does the job and gets you ready for the song. The song is entitled Tragic Flaw and has loads of lyrics, probably equaling the amount of 3 pop punk songs from most bands. The song personally reminds me of the song, Drifting by Yellowcard, co-Lobster band, because the song has the same meaning has drifting. It’s about one person drifting from another. The next song titled is different than most song titles you’ll hear these days it’s called, alt.guitar.com, and it’s also slightly slower than most Whippersnapper songs. The song is about a friend who needs great help, but he the singer doesn’t want to give the help, because he doesn’t want to make it worse, thus ending the friendship from the other friend’s point of view. Then comes the eigth track on the album. It’s called Perfect World. It’s about racism, judging, and what a perfect world would be like. Because of the topic, this song cuts as my favorite one on the CD. It in my opinion gives a big fuck you to all the hatred in rap. It talks, though, about how this world is sadly not a perfect one, not even near it. The next song is called The System. By this song I’m starting to get bored from the same song writing process being used in most of the song, and it stays that way, with the same type of song being written once again. It’s got the long guitar intro, thats cool, but gets repetitive. Then it has the lyrics that are hard to understand at first listen, followed by the guitar solo, and then the double vocals.

The next song changes that problem a little bit with a little bit different of a process, something you see more on their next release than this one. The song is called Silent Crime. The intro is once again almost a minute long, but the lyrics come in a different way in this song. It has the same power-chord guitar riffs, but this song does show something new a little bit than their other stuff. Skipping the next song, which isn’t even by Whippersnapper, but it an ok song, an advancing to the final song on the album, Perceptions. This song, by the lyrics alone gives you the feel that it is the last song on the CD. It’s even got a little bit more of a laidback tune than most of the songs than the other CD. It’s fast-go-poppy punk once again, but in a different way. Great song to end the CD; Whippersnapper knows what they’re doing. I definately would recommend this CD to anyone that likes punk rock or pop punk. If you’re a listener of other, you may want to get some downloads before you try it, but it’s an awesome catchy CD that is easy, very easy to like, even on the first listen.