EP Review: State Champs – Unplugged

State Champs are a band best-known for upbeat pop-punk bangers like Secrets and Elevated, but despite the peppy nature of the New York quartet’s music, there’s a tender heart to their songs that belies the power chords and mosh-ready choruses. It’s something the band demonstrated with their well-received 2014 EP The Acoustic Things – particularly in the case of lead-single If I’m Lucky – and now State Champs are once more stripping things back for Unplugged, their first record since 2018 album Living Proof. Unplugged comprises four new tracks and two acoustic re-workings, and while there’s nothing exactly ground-breaking here, fans of both State Champs and summery, laid-back music in general will find much to enjoy here. Of the new tunes, Crying Out Loud stands out most thanks to its ...

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