I first enjoyed Taylor Acorn’s music when she opened for Noahfinnce last year. I was meant to listen further, and I’ve only just got around to it with her release of Poster Child.
A 12-track album that sets out to create a sense of nostalgia by revisiting the early sounds of 00s pop punk. It’s fast-paced, with catchy lyrics and fun melodies. Released in late October, I am still very late within my response, but I’m quite pleased with what I’ve heard.
It opens with People Pleaser, which immediately reminded me of Kelly Clarkson’s Since U Been Gone. Thinking about, Taylor Acorn sounds a bit like Kelly Clarkson, but it was mainly the instrumentation and melody within the first verse almost being identical to Since U Been Gone.
The album holds onto this light-hearted pop punk a lot, and it does create that sense of familiarity for the songs that I grew up hearing. I also really liked Home Videos, as I felt it was very Southern-American, and it seemed very personal to Taylor. A lot of the more emotional songs do take a sad or hurt stance, so I really liked the anger streak in Blood On Your Hands. It really made it stand out against the rest of the tracks.
Masquerade was a good song to end with. The saddest song on the album, and it stayed soft, compared to the other tracks.
Each song’s well-written and is clearly personal.
Taylor Acorn is very talented, in writing and singing. It is enjoyable music, although I would’ve liked a bit more range in both melody and themes. Towards the end, I felt like I was hearing the same song, with the exceptions of those that I’ve talked about. Individually, the songs are fun, and I’d probably love to hear them. As a whole album, I found myself losing interest.
Poster Child is a trip back to the old days of pop punk and is out now!
