New Haven, CT-based band The Problem With Kids Today returned earlier this month with their new album, Born To Rock. We previously shared “Speed Freak” and ““What Else Could I Say” and today we highlight another highlight from the album with “All I Wanna Be.”
It’s a great blend of classic punk rock with a bit of a NYC art-punk vibe with elements of bands like Parquet Courts that have traces of classic rock and punk from overseas in the UK during the 80s.
On the song the band’s Silas Lourenco Lang says:
“Taking cues from 80’s jangle pop heroes, ‘All I Wanna Be’ is a perfect showcase of what The Kids are capable of in the studio. The trio – flanked by a bombastic orchestra of synths, organs, and 12 string guitars – gallop through this heartfelt tune. It starts with a beautiful Chamberlain crescendo, crashing down immediately into a tight rhythm enveloped by the familiar arms of a 12 string Rickenbacker 360. An organ bubbles just underneath the surface, giving a backbone to the drone of the rhythm guitar, while tambourines and acoustic guitars chit chat in the background. Silas Lourenco-Lang gives the vocals, shouting from that place we all can recognize, a place of infatuation where it’s so easy to lose yourself, but also see clearer than ever. The song itself acts as a much needed reprieve from the high-gain, high-intensity onslaught of the rest of the album, without stopping the momentum dead in its tracks. All this adds up to the 4th and final single of The Problem With Kids Today’s debut album, “Born To Rock.”
Enjoy a listen below and find the entire album available to stream and buy at Bandcamp.
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