10 Best Pop Punk Albums Of 2016
7. Sum 41 - 13 Voices
Honestly, it's amazing that Sum 41's sixth studio album even exists. In 2014, frontman Deryck Whibley was hospitalised for alcoholism, and the pictures of him taken around that time period show a man clearly losing grip of his health. This occurred three years after the band's last album titled Screaming Bloody Murder, convincing most fans that the band was gone for good.
Yet, following Whibley's recovery he began writing new music, and the group ended up signing to Hopeless Records to release a crowd-funded album. The result is 13 Voices, which somehow manages to distil the band's essence into a collection of ten songs.
While bands like Good Charlotte and Green Day also released albums this year, both groups sound like they were doing an imitation of their former selves.
Sum 41, on the other hand, have retained their aggressive sound, and while they aren't pushing any boundaries, they stay true to the band's original vision without any condescending attempts to spit out a radio hit.