No Drinks For Jimmy Find revive Pop Punk with “Year of Me (The Brunswick Song)”
Meant to be blasted out of your car stereo, No Drinks For Jimmy delivers big with “Year of Me (The Brunswick Song),” an anthemic surge of pop-punk that’s equal parts nostalgia and carving a path for the future. It’s a song about standing at life’s crossroads and choosing to take the loud, unapologetic path instead of fading into the background, and it hits with the kind of urgency that makes you want to roll the windows down and scream the words until your throat gives out.
Taking cues from the greats like Blink-182, Jimmy Eat World, or Bowling For Soup is a given, but it never feels like a throwback. Instead, No Drinks For Jimmy breathe new life into the genre with a modern edge as the guitars have bite, the drums crack like gunfire, and the production keeps the vocals right at the forefront where the message shines bright. That message? Stop waiting for the perfect moment. Take your shot.
There’s a raw honesty in the words, penned during a period of life change, that captures the tension between uncertainty and fearlessness. It’s a theme that resonates far beyond pop-punk’s usual angst considering it’s quite universal, delivered with a sincerity that makes the hook stick in your head long after the song ends.
This is a song built for the stage, and with No Drinks For Jimmy set to storm the legendary Whisky a Go Go just a week after its release (8/28/25), the timing couldn’t be more perfect. Everything about “Year of Me” screams live anthem from the propulsive rhythm guitars, the sing-along-ready chorus, and just the general energy that steams off the track.
They’ve firmly planted their flag in the modern pop-punk revival while still managing to do something new. If this is what they sound like now, the only question is how far they can take it. We’ll be quite interested to see, but in the meantime, go ahead and give this one a spin and make sure to follow along for more by clicking those links below. Enjoy!
Listen to “Year of Me (The Brunswick Song)”
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