The Scene’s Not Dead, It’s Just on a CD: Graveboy Records Drops Good Luck Finding Something To Play This On
- Sophie Ray
- Jun 14
- 4 min read
Let me just say this up top. Graveboy Records dropping a compilation album called Good Luck Finding Something To Play This On is the kind of chaotic, deeply specific humor that makes me feel wildly understood. Like, yes. Let me dust off my middle school Hello Kitty boombox real quick.
The album, which came out June 13, is the very first compilation from Graveboy Records, and it’s a total love letter to the scene. I’m talking old-school emo, punk kids with chipped black nail polish, and that specific shade of neon green you could only find on a Hot Topic wristband. It’s got 10 tracks that feel like they were made for blasting in the car while you scream-sing with your friends on the way to a DIY show in someone’s basement.
But here’s the kicker: they’re releasing it on CD. Yes, actual compact disc. They’ll be handing them out at the Emo Nite tent during all the upcoming Warped Tour Festival dates. Which is honestly the most unhinged and perfect thing ever. It’s so unserious and so deeply serious at the same time. Because even if no one owns a CD player anymore, this is clearly for the real ones.
The lead single comes from Grave Secrets, and the song’s called “BLUFFSIDE.” It’s this punchy pop punk track that sounds like it came out of a time capsule from 2006 but somehow hits even harder now. The energy is nonstop. It’s all power chords and gang vocals and then it just crashes into this slowed down ending that gives you chills in the way only a band who knows exactly what they’re doing can. Vinny Morales is a menace in the best way and his delivery on this track makes you feel like the walls are closing in, but you’re still dancing.
And then there’s Ringpop!’s “Sick Of Being Sad!” which might be my favorite on the whole thing. It’s so fun, even though the title makes you think you’re about to spiral. The song goes full 2000s pop punk but then suddenly dips into this soft, kinda dreamy bridge that feels like something Phoebe Bridgers would whisper-sing while staring into a void. Jake Michne said it wouldn’t exist without Warped Tour, which makes total sense. It feels like it was designed to be played live, with sweaty teenagers jumping around in a circle pit and probably crying a little.
Honestly, every track on this thing brings something different. There’s Noelle Sucks’ “Little 2 Close 2 the Sun,” which sounds like heartbreak in glitter eyeliner, and Millionaires’ “THE WEEKEND,” which has that chaotic party energy I didn’t realize I missed. We The Kings shows up twice with “The Best Part” and “Alien,” and I mean… no notes. These songs are soft but solid, and they ground the whole compilation in this emotional honesty that balances out the louder stuff.
We also get a new one from Scary Kids Scaring Kids, which I wasn’t ready for, and a wild collab between Escape The Fate and Ice Nine Kills called “Cheers to Goodbye.” It’s heavy and theatrical and absolutely made for throwing your drink in the air and shouting along like it’s 2010 again.
I don’t think this album is trying to be cool. I think it just is. It feels like a snapshot of everything Graveboy Records has built since they launched in 2023. They’re clearly leaning into nostalgia, but they’re not stuck in the past. This whole thing has such a good mix of new artists and familiar names, and it makes you realize just how much this scene has grown without losing its roots.
Also, fun fact in case you didn’t know: Graveboy Records is the label that came out of Emo Nite. They’re under Insomniac Music Group now, which is wild, and they’ve already worked with bands like Say Anything and We The Kings. But it still feels like it’s run by the kids who used to wait in line outside clubs in studded belts and Converse that were way too beat up.
If you’re going to Warped this year, this is the album you want in your ears before the gates open. And if you’re not? Stream it anyway and pretend. It’s a mixtape made for long drives, late nights, and remembering why you fell in love with loud music in the first place.
The Track List:
Grave Secrets – BLUFFSIDE
Noelle Sucks – Little 2 Close 2 the Sun
Millionaires – THE WEEKEND
We The Kings – The Best Part
Scary Kids Scaring Kids – Suspended in Air
Ringpop! – Sick Of Being Sad!
Escape The Fate, Ice Nine Kills – Cheers to Goodbye (feat. Spencer Charnas)
We The Kings – Alien
Grave Secrets – S2L
Noelle Sucks – Life is Sw33t
THE LYRICS THO:
“I believe ‘Sick Of Being Sad!’ is us doing an RP! spin on a classic, early 2000s pop-punk song... it includes some of our favorite tropes of the genre but also pushes past this era...” — Ringpop!
“You came for the fast fun shit, and you stayed for the slowed down repeat at the end.” — Grave Secrets
Listen to Good Luck Finding Something To Play This On wherever you stream. Or be cooler than the rest of us and grab a CD. Just… find something to play it on, okay?
