Runaway Child Gave Nostalgic Pop Punk its Cathartic Bite Back in Breaking Up Everything

Runaway Child hit the nostalgic pop punk ground running with their debut hit Breaking Up Everything. With a little more visceral conviction and gnarled guitar distortion than you’d find in a 00s emo playlist, Breaking Up Everything reels you in with its razor-sharp hooks and refuses to let your attention slip as you roll with the punches of cathartic destruction. As an anthemic declaration of how Runaway Child has exactly what it takes to break the mould, shatter expectation and revive a scene still crying out for fresh hits of vindication, the track is a baptism of fire and fury. The snarling hooksy set new foundations with pit-worthy bounce that was designed for sweat-soaked floors and collective release. Formed in 2024 by long-time friends Robbie James and Dan Rhys, Runaway Child built their ethos on friendship, chaos and choruses that demand to be shouted back. Their debut EP explores fractured identity and the turbulence of coming of age through three explosive tracks, tied together by a tattered bear painted in symbolic colours. But Breaking Up Everything was the ultimate inaugural introduction to an outfit intent on dragging alt-rock into a new storm. Breaking Up Everything is now available on all major […]

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