First Look: Blossom Reynolds – ‘The Feelin’

Blossom Reynolds Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio Album: The Feelin’, out now via Self-Release RIYL: High School. Reminiscing. Self-Reflection.  It feels like pop punk now might be better than in it did during the Drive-Thru Records heyday, and that’s the, uh, feeling Blossom Reynolds is searching for with this truly excellent single. The nu-punk jam “The Feelin’,” which features a beat from King Theta, is imbued with the sunny, shimmering sheen and contains maybe the best pop punk hook since the wonder days of New Found Glory. It’s a new style for Reynolds on his own, but it’s the first of many bangers to come. There’s the sense that Reynolds is deeply aware of the best of the ol’ guard but also willing to learn a thing or two from the modern-emo-rap-meets-punk boom. It helps that the lyrics’ em...