The whole Offspring / Green Day / Sum 41 /
Pop Punk thing was all the rage when I was supposedly the perfect age for being susceptible to it, but it never really spoke to me.
Not exact matches
And no matter how dark
things get, the soundtrack - an Anglo mix of
punk, New Wave, Brit -
pop and techno - trance - remains uplifting.
The title track opens with the unmistakable harmonies of Brian Wilson and the time - warp synth magic of Jon Brion, two generations of
pop scientists who situate
things in the American Dream - scape of Southern California — an excellent sci - fi
pop setting, as French ex-pats Daft
Punk (another uncredited influence here) might tell you.
Since its foundation in 2008, CA2M has presented solo exhibitions by Jeremy Deller, Raqs Media Collective, Carlos Garaicoa, Teresa Margolles, Wilfredo Prieto and Gregor Schneider and group exhibitions, including Sonic Youth etc.: Sensational Fix;
Pop Politics;
PUNK; Critical Fetishes; and PER / FORM: How to do
things with [out] words.