Action/Adventure "Imposter Syndrome" Review
Following their 2021 hit seven track EP Pulling Focus, Action/Adventure is back with their highly-anticipated debut album Imposter Syndrome. On this album, Action/Adventure puts their emotions first. In the incredibly transparent ten-track album, the pop-punk band tells all. Through their trials and tribulations of growing up in the music scene and, by fate (not design), being a fully BIPOC band.
The title track “Imposter Syndrome” starts things off with what they do best - Action/Adventure’s trademark brand of heavy pop-punk. The opening track kicks in suddenly and aggressively, definitely the best note to start off any great pop-punk album. Up next is “Save Yourself” - this track is a perfect representation of always living in the present while remembering what your past brought you. Paired with incredible guitar riffs and drum tracking, ‘Save Yourself’ is one of the strongest on the album.
The album continues to trek on with sounds of classic pop-punk with “Autopilot”. This track touches on taking control of your life and not taking things for granted - once again utilizing incredibly strong guitar parts. Moving along to the mid-section of the album, the tracks were unsurprisingly strong, but seemed to be very similar in structure when comparing each song to one another. Wrapping up the mid-section, the track entitled “FNFB” notably had some of the best guitar riffs heard on the album thus far. Moving on to “Carolina Reaper,” this track could not have been named better. Notably named after the world’s spiciest pepper, “Carolina Reaper” had no choice but to be the hottest track on the album. Filled to the brim with unmatched vocals, a catchy chorus, and an incredible storyline - “Carolina Reaper” is the track to beat on the album.
Imposter Syndrome closes out with “Frozone, True King in the North” and “Wanderlust” which bring the album back full circle in telling the story behind Action/Adventure. Throughout the album, the story of the band’s determination to chase their dream that is deemed to be “hard and unobtainable” is evident. Though there are real-life stories of dreams of breaking into the music industry being unrealistic, it is incredibly easy to see that Action/Adventure is on the road to making it big in the pop-punk world. On the heels of an upcoming tour, Action/Adventure surely has some great things in the works for their future.
