★★★★★
State Champs showed with the Overslept 7-inch last year that they were a step ahead of the pop-punk game. It left an impression that they were ready to kick it up a notch and transform into something bigger. The Finer Things explores this promise and while glossing over some of their strong points, the magnitude of what it could have been leaves something to be desired...
- www.punknews.org
2013-10-31
★★★★★
Release Date: October 8, 2013 So far this year, off the top of my head the only pop punk records that have really had lasting value for me are The Greatest Generation, Collider, and then some tracks off of What You Don't See. Considering I only just turned 20 last month and am still all for some quality pop punk tunes, this has been quite unsettling for me...
- absolutepunk.net
2013-10-07
★★★★★
As the familiar feedback of "Elevated" creeps into its explosive main course, State Champs give you no chance but to wake up and smell the pop-punk. It smells great, baked nearly to perfection by the guiding hands of producer Steve Klein of New Found Glory and engineer Sam Pura (the Story So Far, the American Scene), who prove to be a dynamic duo. Wiry frontman Derek Discanio is a bona fide overachiever, lacing his notes with enough resilient Upstate New York 'tude to keep you in tune...
- altpress.com
2013-10-25
★★★★★
As the familiar feedback of "Elevated" creeps into its explosive main course, State Champs give you no chance but to wake up and smell the pop-punk. It smells great, baked nearly to perfection by the guiding hands of producer Steve Klein of New Found Glory and engineer Sam Pura (the Story So Far, the American Scene), who prove to be a dynamic duo. Wiry frontman Derek Discanio is a bona fide overachiever, lacing his notes with enough resilient Upstate New York 'tude to keep you in tune...
- www.altpress.com
2013-10-05
★★★★★
It's just another pop punk EP. Another small clutch of three-chord bursts of equal parts angst and fun. A band destined to have its name emblazoned on the hoodies of teenage boys, and on patches safety pinned onto skinny jeans. There is nothing life-changing about State Champs' Overslept EP, but does that matter? It's unabashed pop punk à la New Found Glory, Blink 182, or Fall Out Boy...
- www.ink19.com
2013-04-03
★★★★★
Release Date: September 11, 2012 State Champs' first EP, Apparently, I'm Nothing, dropped in early 2011, showcasing a young pop-punk band that didn't seem to care about rules - they just want to play loud music. Well, it's been almost two years since then. Throughout this time, the guys have signed to Pure Noise, which seems to be the perfect home for them alongside bands like Handguns and I Call Fives...
- absolutepunk.net
2012-11-08
★★★★★
Release Date: September 11th, 2012 New York pop-punk four-piece State Champs is a band I've been into for awhile now. I discovered them earlier this year, and was instantly blown away. While their last EP Apparently, I'm Nothing was a good record, it was rather generic, save for vocalist Derek Discanio. His voice is very unique, especially for the genre...
- absolutepunk.net
2012-09-17
★★★★★
Release Date: January 1, 2011 The other day I was at the Paper + Plastick warehouse and one of the employees put Carpenter's latest release, Sea to Sky, on the turntable. He said that he never listened to the whole record because he couldn't get past how good the opening song was. I reviewed that record a few months back and thought it was phenomenal, so I told him that he needed to get on that and listen to the rest of it...
- absolutepunk.net
2011-01-24
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