If there was a soundtrack to fit the lives of Chicago’s latest generation of pop-punk fans, it would probably feature the Retirement Party. Fronted by Michigan native and Logan resident Avery Springer, Retirement Party understand the nuances of pop-punk and emo like they’re water and air, and their new debut album, Somewhat Literate (Counter Intuitive), plays like a conversation between the fidgety, long, and tangled histories of both genres.…
If there was a soundtrack to fit the lives of Chicago’s latest generation of pop-punk fans, it would probably feature the Retirement Party. Fronted by Michigan native and Logan resident Avery Springer, Retirement Party understand the nuances of pop-punk and emo like they’re water and air, and their new debut album, Somewhat Literate (Counter Intuitive), plays like a conversation between the fidgety, long, and tangled histories of both genres.…