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Jeff weighs in on next Simple Plan EP/album release debate

by Dominika | Apr 28th, 2016 | no comments

If you’ve read practically any of the recent interviews with Simple Plan, I’m sure you’ve noticed that in almost all of them, the interviewees tend to mention the 5-year-gap between Get Your Heart On! (2011) and Simple Plan’s new album Taking One For The Team (2016). The reasoning behind the seemingly long time between these records has been caused by Simple Plan’s non-stop touring between 2011 and 2013, which was followed by a year of time off & writing and then the remaining time, during which the band recorded the album and then the follow-up post-production [along with additional recording sessions].

During these 5 years, of course, the fans haven’t been exactly without any new Simple Plan music. The band released an EP, titled ‘Get Your Heart On: The Second Coming!’ (2013) which featured 7 unreleased tracks, previously written for Get Your Heart On!. This EP served as a bridge between SP’s fourth and fifth record and also as a way for the band to give the fans something to be excited about while they’re waiting for a full-length album.

The members of the band have already been asked many times in the past few months, whether they are thinking about releasing another EP with b-sides left over from the writing sessions of Taking One For The Team and the usual answer so far has been that they are still thinking about it. Mostly, it’s still very early after the release of their new record, so the band definitely doesn’t plan on releasing any new album/EP anytime soon. However this question has once again been presented to Jeff in a recent interview with MTV Brazil and as you can see, there seems to be a lot of debate regarding this topic within the band – sometimes even possibly with different opinions on the topic:

MTV Brazil: I heard that after the tour, you will release an EP with the songs that did not make this album, is that true?

Jeff: Yeah, I heard a rumor about it! But I don’t know if I want that. It’s a possibility.

Personally, I think we should focus on recording new songs sooner and not wait five years to launch a new record. But this is not a bad idea. The band is a democracy, everyone has to give their opinion, but I still prefer full-length albums. I love having the album in hand, and I do not want to let our fans wait five years again to hear new music.

What is YOUR opinion on this matter? Do you think the band should go back to writing a brand new full-length album sooner than the last time and skip the whole process of releasing an EP? Or you’d prefer them to tour longer, release a couple songs and then take a long time off and take their time to get back with album no.6 a couple years later? Make sure to leave your comments in the comment section below!

Win a signed Simple Plan EP with Idobi radio!

by Dominika | Mar 5th, 2014 | no comments

If you still don’t own a copy of Simple Plan’s newest music release – their new EP – “Get Your Heart On – The Second Coming!” – or you have it but don’t have it signed, you can now enter the contest at Idobi radio – in which you can win 1 out of 4 Simple Plan EPs, signed by all the band members.

The contest ends on March 11th and it should be open to all fans over the age of 18 (for more info, make sure to read the rules).

To find out how you can win a signed Simple Plan EP, check out Idobi radio’s website.

Japanese version of Simple Plan’s new EP features a full booklet

by Dominika | Feb 6th, 2014 | no comments

A couple weeks ago, we’ve learned that the Japanese fans will be getting a special version of the newly released EP by Simple Plan – “Get Your Heart On – The Second Coming!” which features two bonus tracks – live versions of “Astronaut” and “Loser Of The Year”.

One fan from Japan has now released a video (thanks CSP for finding it) documenting the whole packaging of the Japanese edition of this EP which shows that unlike the regular version that features only a one-page cover – the Japanese version includes a full booklet that also features the lyrics and additional info. Check out the video below:

Bonus songs on Japanese version of Simple Plan’s EP revealed

by Dominika | Jan 15th, 2014 | 1 comment


As it happens, Japanese releases of music albums usually tend to include some bonus songs that fans can’t find on any other albums. And Simple Plan’s new EP – “Get Your Heart On – The Second Coming!” (released December 3rd 2013) is not an exception!

The Japanese version of the EP that features songs written in the process of creating Simple Plan’s last studio album “Get Your Heart On!” (2011), comes out on January 29th and besides the 7 tracks that we’re already familiar with, it also includes 2 bonus tracks: the live versions of “Astronaut” and “Loser Of The Year” from Melbourne. In fact, you can already listen to these versions by checking out the Live in Melbourne “DVD” that Simple Plan released for free on YouTube.

Check out the full tracklist of the Japanese edition of “Get Your Heart On – The Second Coming!” right here:

1. Ordinary Life
2. The Rest Of Us
3. Outta My System
4. Fire In My Heart
5. In
6. Lucky One
7. Try
8. Astronaut (Live in Melbourne) – BONUS
9. Loser Of The Year (Live in Melbourne) – BONUS

“Get Your Heart On – The Second Coming!” in reviews

by Dominika | Jan 5th, 2014 | 1 comment

It’s already been a month since the worldwide release of Simple Plan’s new EP – Get Your Heart On – The Second Coming!” The 7-track EP was released on December 3rd 2013 as a compilation of some of the left-over songs – in total there was about 60 songs – that were written during the process of the making of their 4th (and so far last) studio album “Get Your Heart On!” (2011).

During the month, various media outlets decided to review this EP and in order to let you know about the overall reception, I decided to go through most of the reviews that were published online and point out what the generally consensus on Simple Plan’s bridge between album 4 and 5 is.

Confront Magazine [review] – rating: 4/5

Alter The Press [review] – rating: 5/5

Pop Punk World [review] – rating: 7/10 *

Blast Out Your Stereo [review] – rating: 6/7 *

So So Active [review] – rating: 7/10

Property Of Zack [review] – rating: 3.5/5 *

Canadian Beats [review] – rating: 4.5/5

Ultimate-Guitar.com [review] – rating: 6/10

Craig’s Reviews [review] – rating: 6/10

Music Express [review] – rating: 3/5 *

Koule.cz [review] – rating: 50% [Czech]

Enemy.at [review] – rating: 3/5 [Austrian]

Aim A Trabolmeicher [review] – rating: 4/5 [Italian]

LivePhotoReports.com [review] – rating: 7/10 [Italian]

Dutch Scene [review] – rating: 5/10 [Dutch]

* – reviewer doesn’t state an exact rating, therefore the rating I chose to show is counted approximately and based upon the reviewer’s verbal rating of the EP in his/her article

Overall, Simple Plan’s EP “Get Your Heart On – The Second Coming!” has received mixed to positive reviews, reaching about 70% on average. And even though every single one of the reviews is different, there are many aspects in which the EP has received rather similar evaluation.

Let’s start with the perception of the songs chosen for the EP: in almost all the reviews (even the more negative ones), the first track – “Ordinary Life” – is being praised as the best song off the EP, reminding many of the reviewers of the band’s pop-punk roots. While the second song from the EP – “The Rest Of Us” is titled as the typical SP song because of its catchiness, two reviews (Ultimate-Guitar.com and Dutch Scene) agree that the fact that the band members are in their 30s, it reminds them of Glee – judging its (missing) authenticity. The “unauthenticity” of the Simple Plan lyrics on this EP is being mentioned by many of the reviewers, as one of the weaknesses of Simple Plan, as well as the clichés used in some of the songs. It can also be seen by the reviews of “Outta My System”, which is a song that has received the most negative reviews and comparisons to One Direction (Enemy.at), Rebecca Black (Property Of Zack) and All Time Low (Graig’s Reviews). “Fire In My Heart” hasn’t received much positive reviews either – many of the reviews see the influence of Summer Paradise, which also makes some of the other reviewers call it an “unrecognisable SP track”. The next song on the EP, “In” is another point, where reviewers started praising the EP – it is clear, that there is a certain sound that Simple Plan have created in the past, which a lot of people would like them to continue with (even though they have departed from it on the past album a bit). The two final tracks, “Lucky One” and “Try” – both slower ballads – have been perceived rather well.

Reviews are always a very subjective matter, but when put together, they can show us a more comprehensive picture of how an album, or a band is being perceived. It seems evident, that while “Get Your Heart On – The Second Coming!” brings a very diverse variety of songs (which on one hand can bring in new fans – each of them favoring a different style of music), most of the public (both reviewers and fans – from what I’ve gathered) seems to be prefering pop-punk over pop – at least when it comes to Simple Plan. Still, even though the past few paragraphs may have seemed a bit negative, the overall rating of 70% is quite an achievement for Simple Plan, who have never been critics’ favourites [go listen to “Shut Up!”]. In fact, the rating seems to be even higher than the one of their last studio album.

And what would be your evaluation of “Get Your Heart On – The Second Coming!”? What would you reproach them and what on the other hand do you think deserves a praise?