Bowling For Soup - High School Never Ends
[A&G Records]

I like Bowling For Soup’s motto; “When the world takes a cheap shot at you, you take one back”, but unlike contemporaries The Bloodhound Gang they are not gratuitous with it. With a slightly hip-hop beat intro to this song the larger than life, Jaret Von Erich fronted quartet provides the thrust for them to dive into a pissed off at life’s cyclical nature pearl of pop punk;

“The whole damn world is just as obsessed, with who’s the best dressed and who’s having sex. Who’s in the club and who’s on the drugs, who’s throwing up before they digest. And you still don’t have the right look and you don’t have the right friends and you still listen to the same you did back then; High School never ends’.

The churning bass lines of Erik Chandler bring out the monotony of the subject matter whilst, at the same time, being fat enough for you to get you bop on to. Von Erich’s and Chris Burney’s combine vocal hold grips onto the number to steadily breathe sincerity through their fun frame. Thus showing that there is more than one way to make a serious point and you can still retain bundles of refreshing integrity, without having to wear the latest converse trainers.

It looks as though forthcoming album ‘The Great Burrito Extortion Case’, is going to be as tasty as it sounds.