all time low the reckless and the brave lyrics

With its sexually charged lyrics and Gaskarth’s harmonizing serenade, this single-worthy song is an instant classic.

While the dynamic leadoff track deals with youthful rebellion and living life to the fullest, the catchy followup “Backseat Serenade” centers on another popular All Time Low staple: lust and romance. Rian Dawson’s perfectly paced drumming and Jack Barakat’s prominent guitar riffs reaffirm the band’s return to their roots, while Gaskarth’s melodic vocals deliver the rallying cry of each chorus: “Long live the reckless and the brave / I don think I wanna be saved, my song has not been sung / And long live the fast times, so come what may / I don’t think I’ll ever be saved, our song has not been sung/ So long live us.”

“The Reckless And The Brave” quickly shows All Time Low is back to proper form with an upbeat pop punk anthem for the teenage masses to swear their allegiance by. The passion, clever lyrics and emphasis creating alternative rock songs that are catchy (rather than catchy songs that barely qualify as pop punk) all return after a one-record lapse, making Don’t Panic a definite step back in the right direction. Although there are some overproduced songs to be found here, frontman Alex Gaskarth delivers the same genuine and urgent sentiments of the past that were nowhere to be found on All Time Low’s last album. Although many of its singles seem tailor-made for the radio, Don’t Panic largely avoids a dependence on brain-dead, electro-dominated synth beats and auto-tuned atrocities, which typified Dirty Work. The band’s latest outing doesn’t quite surmount Nothing Personal, but it does represent a return to their So Wrong, It’s Right pop punk roots. Thankfully, they do all that and more with their fourth album, Don’t Panic. All Time Low had some ground to make up in the wake of the disappointing and overly poppy Dirty Work, which left a bad taste in fans’ mouths with its overuse of synthesizers and simplistically immature lyrics.

All time low the reckless and the brave lyrics