Suzie True: How I Learned to Love What’s Gone

Suzie True: How I Learned to Love What’s Gone

Read Grace Robins-Somerville’s review of the album. Named after a line in a song by 1990s Memphis punks the Oblivians and self-described as “if the Powerpuff Girls formed a Blink-182 cover band,” they’re proud pop culture junkies.

References abound—usually as shorthand for insecurities (

Collecting hearts like Pokémon/She’s such a ch-ch-cherry bomb!
) or objects of affection (
Dancing like it’s 1987/And you say I’m just like heaven
), almost always as outlets for escapism.

These are songs for slamming your bedroom door because nobody understands, for pretending you’re in a music video even though you’re just driving around your hometown—with the windows down and the radio cranked all the way up, you can hardly tell the difference.

The band’s embrace of youthful femininity and Y2K-era pop-punk nostalgia could be written off as a “twentysomething teenage girl” trope; luckily, Suzie True songs are too smart and self-aware to let that happen.

Author’s summary: Suzie True’s album is a nostalgic pop-punk reflection.

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