Jarrod Alonge’s Sunrise Skater Kids take a look back at Sunday with “All The Old Things”

After the release of his debut studio album, Beating a Dead Horse (followed shortly by Beating a Dead Horse Deluxe Ultra-Limited Exclusive Undead Edition), YouTube comedian Jarrod Alonge came back strong with his pop punk medley “All The Old Things,” poking fun at the modern pop punk scene.

While Alonge writes all of the music, vocals for this song were actually performed by Varrick Jay, with guest vocals by Christina Rotondo. Alonge writes all of his music through fictitious bands, which each play in a satirical style meant to mimic the bands and sounds found in a particular genre. This particular song was written through the fictitious band Sunrise Skater Kids, who are the band Alonge writes through when he is going for a satirical approach to the modern pop punk genre. Sunrise Skater Kids has songs such as “Take it Easycore” and “12 Days of a Pop Punk Christmas,” the former released on Beating a Dead Horse, and the latter released on the deluxe edition of Fearless Record’s album Punk Goes Christmas.

This single was similarly composed and produced to Alonge’s post-hardcore medley “Hey Jarrod, What’s That Song Again?” which was performed through the band Amidst the Grave’s Demons as a satirical approach to the metalcore and post-hardcore scene. The approaches and production were very similar, with each medley taking no more than ten seconds on one song, and transitioning seamlessly from one song to the next. The reception of Alonge’s music has been overwhelmingly positive. Even bands that are parodied enjoy the music, as it’s done in good taste.

Songs on this single included those from bands such as Blink-182, The Offspring, Green Day, All Time Low and many more. Collectively, the song acts as a comedic outlook on what life would be like as an old pop punk artist reflecting on his or her current life status, looking back at success and disappointedly looking at how the genre has progressed.

“All the kids in today’s pop punk scene were born after / 19, 19, 1999,” is sung to the tune of Bowling for Soup’s “1985,”  commenting on some of the changes to the genre as a result of a newer generation of listeners. Alonge names Fall Out Boy by name, saying, “They’re not the band that they once were / Now they’re all superstars, forgot about their guitars,” which is sung to the tune of Avril Lavigne’s “Sk8ter Boi.”

All in all, this is a solid continuation for Alonge following Beating a Dead Horse. The lyrics were masterfully mixed and combined with a nostalgic soundtrack, making this a song easy to leave on repeat.

9/10

Mattingly Gerasimovich // Opinion Editor