Pop punks Simple Plan has been around for over a decade and still to this day they seem to produce the same music that made them who they are. As such, “Get Your Heart On!” the fourth LP only varies a few differences, Such as guest appearances including K’Nann, Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo, All Time Low’s Alex Gaskarth, and Natasha Bedingfield. Bedingfield’s appearance on “Jet Lag” collaborates well with vocalist Pierre Bouvier having the two, toss lines back and forth makes this tune enjoyable and pleasant.
“Loser of the Year” has rather energetic portions with guitar structure that keeps the music going non-stop if you will, whereas This Song Saved My Life and “Gone Too Soon” drown the energy and become the “ballad” tunes that don’t really cut it for this release. Other noticeable or rather stand-out tunes include “Astronaut”, “Last One Standing”, and “You Suck at Love”.
“Get Your Heart On!” is filled with hooks and choruses lines that delivers the old school Simple Plan vibe but changing it up could have possibly made this album a whole lot more interesting and way better than what was offered. Simple Plan is Canada’s pop rockets that got the pop but not much punk.
by Natalie Perez
