★★★★★
Last year's Nothing About Me offered an inkling as to what Stickup Kid could perpetrate. They're all about mellow, laid-back pop-punk: Nothing too spectacular, just a nice, edgy-yet-simple incarnation of punk on the table. As the name suggests, Future Fire demonstrates how far they've come to realizing their potential and it adds a great deal of credit to their name. This record discloses exactly why Stickup Kid should be going onto bigger and better things very soon...
- www.punknews.org
2013-08-14
★★★★★
Release Date: June 5th, 2012 San Jose, CA pop-punk quintet Stickup Kid is a band I haven't been into for very long, but this is a band I wish I got into much sooner. When I discovered them, I checked out their first EP entitled The Sincerest Form of Flattery, which they had for free download for a brief time a few months ago when their newest EP Nothing About Me was released. At about 14 minutes, this EP really doesn't do much for me in terms of lasting value, but it's very enjoyable...
- absolutepunk.net
2012-10-11
★★★★★
Stickup Kid is a bit rawer and edgier than most pop-punk bands these days as it tends to focus more on the punk aspect than the pop. Most bands don't get this balance right at all. Nothing About Me had me eager to vibe it as I loved "Breathing" when I heard it on a Pure Noise sampler last December along with Transit, Man Overboard, Create Avoid and Troubled Coast. I really found it too short but pretty sweet. "Breathing" is slightly refined here, yet it works perfectly as an in-your-face punch...
- www.punknews.org
2012-06-11
★★★★★
Stickup Kid's Nothing About Me EP is very short, but it shouldn't be any other way. The five songs only amount to 13 minutes of hardcore-tinged pop-punk, with an onslaught of relentless energy throughout. The aggressiveness of Nothing About Me feels real and passionate, courtesy of not just vocalist Tony Geravesh's throaty yell, but also the band's Lifetime-ish musicianship...
- absolutepunk.net
2012-06-11