Pop-Punk Book Club

This week we're heading back to our teenage years with When Your Heart Stops Beating by +44! It's an album we both loved growing up but haven't properly revisited in years. So how does Mark Hoppus's post-Blink project hold up today, and can it compete with Box Car Racer?Also: Jayson shares a one-in-a-billion coincidence, we revisit a hilarious and controversial high-school incident involving a slap on the backside, and Sam tells a hilarious story about the realities of getting older.Next week's album: Crush, Boyfriend, Heartbreak by The Unlovables.

It's Halloween, and Emo Book Club is back! This week, we're finally confronting The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance—an album we've both avoided for nearly 20 years. Neither of us ever liked MCR, and perhaps actively went out of our way to avoid them. But after some serious soul-searching and a proper listen, could two lifelong sceptics finally become fans?Also: Sam makes a deal with his son to stop him crying about not coming on the podcast, Jayson gets profiled over a chicken schnitzel burger, they dive into listener comments, and discover that Blowing on Soup isn't bringing us quite the luck it used to.Next week's album: When Your Heart Stops Beating by +44.

This week we dive into Tales from Wyoming by Teenage Bottlerocket—a band we'd both heard of but never properly listened to. It turns out that we've been missing out. Also: the Newcastle Knights making the Grand Final, another creator potentially stealing Poppeth Punk, and Sam has a horrifying story about his son swallowing a tooth.Next week: Emo Book Club returns for Halloween! We're finally taking on The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance.

Season 3 is here, and we’re starting with a big album: Take Off Your Pants and Jacket by Blink-182. We both loved this album in high school, but does it hold up today? Can it go one step further and give one of us a new number one? And, we also finally settle the seasons-long debate: is “Shut Up” a flame? Plus, we explain our unexpectedly long break, catch up on newborn life, and reveal what’s changing for Season 3 of Pop-Punk Book Club.Get the rating guide at poppunkbookclub.com to rate along with us.

It’s the Season 2 Finale and the first birthday of Pop-Punk Book Club! We break down all the stats from the season, hand out our annual awards, roast each other’s worst takes, and take on our toughest challenge yet: The Flame Gauntlet, where we crown the greatest flame song from both Season 1 and Season 2.Thanks for an amazing season. See you in Season 3!

This week the boys dive into No Pressure’s self-titled album—an album that may have completely restored their faith in modern pop punk. Also: Jayson catches us up on life after the hiatus, including a new baby, a funeral, and a doctor who somehow managed to call his newborn racist shortly after she was born.Next week: No album! Join us for the Season Finale as we celebrate Pop-Punk Book Club’s first birthday and help us wrap up an incredible first year by finding our favourite flame of all time (so far).

This week the boys revisit Before Everything & After by MxPx—an album they both loved in high school, but one of them discovers it may not hit quite the same anymore. Also: Jayson embarrasses Sam while he’s peeing in bushes (again), an interdimensional warning about misusing PPBC terminology, the official disciplinary field guide, Book Club considerations, and some important schedule updates.Next week’s album: No Pressure (Self-Titled, 2022).

This week we revisit Colour Blind by Seaway—an album Sam once rated horribly, while Jayson never understood why. Has his opinion changed, or does he still stand by it? Also: an accidental exposure story, more embarrassing moments, Book Club considerations, listener comments and another premature evaluation.Next week’s album: Before Everything & After by MxPx.

Emo Book Club returns with They’re Only Chasing Safety by Underoath—an album the boys both loved in their later high school years. Does it still hit the same, and is it their best? Also: an embarrassing story from Sam, Jayson going full emo, listener comments, Book Club considerations and tons of hilarious highschool stories.Next week’s album: Colorblind by Seaway.Get the rating guide at poppunkbookclub.com to rate along with us.

This week the boys dive into Hoss by Lagwagon—an album they picked after missing the band play it live in their own town. Also: a mortifying birthday party moment, Jayson taking his daughter to see Babymetal, and our random album challenge delivering some real contenders for the Book Club.Next week: Emo Book Club returns with They’re Only Chasing Safety by Underoath.Get the rating guide at poppunkbookclub.com to rate along with us.