The Albums:

  • Fall Out Boy – From Under The Cork Tree

    An utterly unavoidable album. From Under The Cork Tree remains one of the defining releases of the 00s. Accessible, poetic, poppy and witty. Respected by the underground and saturated in the Mainstream. Fall Out Boy…

  • Panic! at the Disco- A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out

    Now I’m of consenting ageTo be forgetting you in a cabaretSomewhere downtown where a burlesque queenMay even ask my nameAs she sheds her skin on stageI’m seated and sweating to a dance song on the…

  • Alkaline Trio – Crimson

    There’s someone down below blowing you a kissThey watch from their windowsAs all arms fall to their sides, and all eyes fixOn the death of tomorrow Alkaline Trio’s Crimson is a portrait of a band…

  • Paramore – Riot

    This is how we’ll dance whenWhen they try to take us downThis is how we’ll sing, ohThis is how we’ll stand whenWhen they burn our houses downThis is what we’ll be, oh, glory My time…

  • Taking Back Sunday – Tell All Your Friends

    She said“Don’t, don’t let it go to your headBoys like you are a dime a dozenBoys like you are a dime a dozen” She said“You’re a touch overratedYou’re a lush and I hate itBut these…

  • Dashboard Confessional – The Swiss Army Romance

    On the way home this car hears my confessionsI think tonight I’ll take the long way MSN messenger was launched in 1999, developed by Microsoft as a way for internet users to chat with their…

Welcome

Be My Escape: Journeys into Pop Punk & Emo 1999-2009
Here you will find a selection of essays and reflections on the albums that made us who we are today.

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