Ok, last one of these for a while. Easily the most embarrassing, too. But I need to do this band before Kevin San Juan starts bugging me about them. <\/p>
Should I talk about how I used to want to be a camp counselor? Should I talk about Acquire The Fire? The Great Escape? Fun In The Son? I went to soooo many Christian camps dudes. I haven\u2019t read Hell Is A World Without You<\/em> by yet but I hear it\u2019s real good. This band\u2019s from Ohio and I don\u2019t want to know what they think of Jance Vance.<\/p> Maybe read this column with a bucket of jerk chicken next to you. Cut through all the saccharine. Have some Between The Buried & Me queued up for after. <\/p> Today, we dig into Relient K and their best album, Mmhmm<\/em>. <\/p> Forget, for a second, the cloying Youth Group jokes and idiot puns and cut-rate pop culture references that would\u2019ve gotten booted out of the Cracked<\/em> writers\u2019 forums. Forget the loser high school earnestness coming from guys either in or approaching their 30s. This album came out in 2004 and it was earth-shattering musically<\/em>. I was at the absolute height of my Rufio\/Slick Shoes<\/a>\/skate-or-pop punk with intricate guitars fandom. This was about a year and change before Before Today<\/a> took over my life. There\u2019s a part of me\u2014don\u2019t laugh\u2014that\u2019s halfway optimistic about this re-listen. At least musically. My memories of this album, from a guitar player\u2019s perspective, is that this<\/em> is how I wanted to write now. We\u2019ll see if that edges out any of the corniness!<\/p> The One I\u2019m Waiting For<\/strong><\/p>