The Story So Far
The Story So Far formed in Walnut Creek in 2007 and became one of the defining pop-punk bands of the 2010s by making the style feel sharper, colder, and more hardcore-informed. Early EPs led into Under Soil and Dirt, a record whose clipped rhythms, guarded melodies, and Parker Cannon's forceful delivery helped shape a whole wave of bands. What You Don't See and the self-titled album kept the pressure high with songs that turned distance, resentment, and self-protection into tight, shouted hooks. Proper Dose widened the band's sound with more space, acoustic texture, and mature pacing, while I Want to Disappear continued that evolution without abandoning the directness that made the band matter. The Story So Far fit punk scope through pop punk, melodic hardcore influence, and a live setting built on motion rather than polish. Their strongest songs are economical and emotionally guarded, but that restraint is part of the impact. They rarely over-explain, letting phrasing, tempo, and repetition make frustration feel cleanly cut.
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The Story So Far Discography
3 tracks
- 1 Brevity 0:47
- 2 Mt. Diablo 3:55
- 3 680 South 2:47
5 tracks
- 1 Just Like You Said 4:09
- 2 Spark Fires 3:38
- 3 Compare and Conform 4:30
- 4 Ali 3:43
- 5 Snyder Street 4:31
11 tracks
- 1 States and Minds 0:50
- 2 Roam 2:54
- 3 Quicksand 2:38
- 4 Swords and Pens 3:09
- 5 High Regard 3:51
- 6 Daughters 3:06
- 7 Mt. Diablo 4:09
- 8 Four Years 2:44
- 9 Rally Cap 2:18
- 10 Placeholder 3:05
- 11 Closure 3:19
11 tracks
- 1 Things I Can't Change 2:52
- 2 Stifled 2:12
- 3 Small Talk 2:43
- 4 Playing the Victim 2:50
- 5 Right Here 2:35
- 6 Empty Space 2:29
- 7 The Glass 2:47
- 8 All Wrong 3:02
- 9 Bad Luck 2:21
- 10 Face Value 2:52
- 11 Framework 3:08
2 tracks
- 1 Clairvoyant 3:01
- 2 Loro 3:31
5 tracks
- 1 The Glass 3:20
- 2 Navy Blue 2:51
- 3 All Wrong 0:37
- 4 Bad Luck 2:38
- 5 Waiting in Vain 4:16
10 tracks
- 1 Smile 3:06
- 2 Heavy Gloom 2:49
- 3 Distaste 3:15
- 4 Solo 2:37
- 5 Mock 3:30
- 6 How You Are 3:45
- 7 Nerve 3:08
- 8 Phantom 2:32
- 9 Scowl 2:31
- 10 Stalemate 3:14
1 track
- 1 Out of It 2:41
11 tracks
- 1 Proper Dose 2:20
- 2 Keep This Up 2:26
- 3 Out of It 2:38
- 4 Take Me as You Please 3:42
- 5 Let It Go 2:47
- 6 Upside Down 3:51
- 7 If I Fall 3:27
- 8 Need to Know 2:51
- 9 Line 2:37
- 10 Growing on You 3:16
- 11 Light Year 3:32
10 tracks
- 1 All This Time 2:48
- 2 Watch You Go 2:10
- 3 Letterman 3:01
- 4 Jump The Gun 2:35
- 5 Big Blind 2:27
- 6 Nothing To Say 2:56
- 7 Keep You Around 3:50
- 8 You're Still in My Way 2:33
- 9 White Shores 3:11
- 10 I Want To Disappear 2:36
21 tracks
- 1 Big Blind (Live) 3:06
- 2 The Glass (Live) 2:52
- 3 Out of It (Live) 2:54
- 4 Nothing To Say (Live) 2:46
- 5 High Regard (Live) 4:16
- 6 All This Time (Live) 3:04
- 7 Watch You Go (Live) 2:18
- 8 Letterman (Live) 3:05
- 9 Things I Can't Change (Live) 2:42
- 10 Proper Dose (Live) 2:42
- 11 Jump The Gun (Live) 2:29
- 12 Empty Space (Live) 3:14
- 13 Solo (Live) 2:37
- 14 Keep You Around (Live) 3:45
- 15 Upside Down (Live) 4:01
- 16 Keep This Up (Live) 2:22
- 17 You're Still in My Way (Live) 2:12
- 18 Roam (Live) 3:33
- 19 White Shores (Live) 3:10
- 20 Nerve (Live) 4:02
- 21 Quicksand (Live) 2:43
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