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“We can’t recall too well when we ask ourselves / were the good old days really all that great?” Evan Douglas Peters thinks aloud on the title track to No Tagbacks’ 2023 debut EP Good Old Days. It sounds like the answer’s no, to hear it from him, but you’d be forgiven if the Chicago band’s starry-eyed pop-punk has you yearning to go back to 2003. No Tagbacks would’ve slotted in nicely alongside the rosters of Lookout! or Fat Wreck Chords back then, crafting sunny, youthful-sounding hooks permanently affixed with half-serious sneers.
“We can’t recall too well when we ask ourselves / were the good old days really all that great?” Evan Douglas Peters thinks aloud on the title track to No Tagbacks’ 2023 debut EP Good Old Days. It sounds like the answer’s no, to hear it from him, but you’d be forgiven if the Chicago band’s starry-eyed pop-punk has you yearning to go back to 2003. No Tagbacks would’ve slotted in nicely alongside the rosters of Lookout! or Fat Wreck Chords back then, crafting sunny, youthful-sounding hooks permanently affixed with half-serious sneers.
In the time since Good Old Days, guitarist/vocalist Peters and bassist Christian George toured throughout the midwest and have played such iconic Windy City venues as the Beat Kitchen, Gman Tavern, and Sleeping Village. They also hit the studio and, to top it off, linked up with new drummer Skyler Crenshaw. These achievements have all been building up to the release of “Locked Eyes,” the band’s upcoming single out just a couple of days before Valentine’s Day. The song deals with a classic pop-punk story updated for the tech-addled ‘20s: Peters says it’s about “getting over a crush and losing faith in dating apps.” Whom among us? In addition to that single, which drops February 12th, they’re working on a handful of other songs to drop over the course of 2025.
In the time since Good Old Days, guitarist/vocalist Peters and bassist Christian George toured throughout the midwest and have played such iconic Windy City venues as the Beat Kitchen, Gman Tavern, and Sleeping Village. They also hit the studio and, to top it off, linked up with new drummer Skyler Crenshaw. These achievements have all been building up to the release of “Locked Eyes,” the band’s upcoming single out just a couple of days before Valentine’s Day. The song deals with a classic pop-punk story updated for the tech-addled ‘20s: Peters says it’s about “getting over a crush and losing faith in dating apps.” Whom among us? In addition to that single, which drops February 12th, they’re working on a handful of other songs to drop over the course of 2025.
They’re celebrating the “Locked Eyes” single release with both a video and a Valentine’s weekender with Bong Mountain, Death Pose, and Boob Sweat. It’s a great way to kick off what’s sure to be No Tagbacks’ biggest and brightest year yet. The good old days might’ve sucked in retrospect, but No Tagbacks is here now to remind you that there’s still something to look forward to: all the fun of being a teenager without any of the drama. What’re you waiting for? Come out and play.
They’re celebrating the “Locked Eyes” single release with both a video and a Valentine’s weekender with Bong Mountain, Death Pose, and Boob Sweat. It’s a great way to kick off what’s sure to be No Tagbacks’ biggest and brightest year yet. The good old days might’ve sucked in retrospect, but No Tagbacks is here now to remind you that there’s still something to look forward to: all the fun of being a teenager without any of the drama. What’re you waiting for? Come out and play.
–Zac Djamoos, (editor, The Alternative)
–Zac Djamoos, (editor, The Alternative)
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