Remember Sports : The Refrigerator
Pop-punk is a genre where, because of its playful and sunny nature, it’s easy to tell which musicians who perform songs in that strain of music are having a good time and putting their heart into it—and those who just phone it in. To be fair, it’s tough to put on a happy face and mean it when you’re not in the mood. And getting older, it becomes increasingly difficult to find the act of discovery and therefore to rouse the joy comes with it.
Remember Sports, then, must have access to a doctor who can perform those rumored blood transfusions that prolong the lives of old billionaires, because they sound as fresh, frisky and fun as they did when they formed 14 years ago. At least, that’s when we think the band was born; the quartet’s Bandcamp page says Remember Sports’ first proper release, their live @ port EP, was released on May 25, 1904. Philly residents might have some merit if they argue that the band has indeed been around for 122 years, given that the band has cranked out 14 releases, six of them full-lengths, so far. Remember Sports’ hard work with recording, playing live and issuing those aforementioned releases has rendered them ubiquitous.
It’s almost guaranteed that someone who has a rigorous work ethic also abides by some type of philosophy; the latter requires the former to stay in line and achieve peak efficacy. Remember Sports may have revealed their philosophy on their sixth album in the form of an Easter egg of sorts. In small print below the large print that states the band’s name reads “The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.” It’s a variation on the concept of carpe diem and maximizing every minute of every day because that’s what humans are made to do.
Say what you will about that hyper-active approach to living, it seems far more credible that Remember Sports adhere to that philosophy than having a doctor fill up your body with three gallons of blood from some poor kid whose parents told him to get a job. The end result is a record containing nary a dull moment. The Refrigerator (Perry, perhaps, in keeping with the sports theme?) begins on a bouncy, buoyant note with the jangly “Across the Line,” then picks up speed with “Bug” and hikes up the volume on “Cut Fruit.”
Side B finds Remember Sports deviating a bit from the standard pop-song structure by barging into quiet songs with raucous dalliances with distortion (“Nevermind,” “Soothe Seethe,” “Thumb”). The band simmers down The Refrigerator with the soft and endearing album-closing “Zucchini”—at which point astute listeners will realize they just heard 12 songs with 12 choruses; and that they weren’t subjected to anger, fear or really any ill feeling on The Refrigerator—just joy, thoughtfulness, happiness and reflection.
Label: Get Better
Year: 2026
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Remember Sports : The Refrigerator
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