3 Great Albums That Turn 10-Years-Old In June

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Nostalgia is everywhere we look these days, and the entertainment industry is certainly no different. Movies have sequels and remakes, both hoping to cash in on previous favorites, and in music we have deluxe editions, reissues, and the like. Next month a number of fantastic releases from the early 2000s hit the decade mark, so we thought we’d take a moment to stroll down memory lane (and make a lot of us feel old in the process). What follows are 5 releases that we feel everyone should know that will turn 10-years-old at some point in the month of June. If you have any albums to add, please comment below and let us know!

1. Brand New – Deja Entendu

When 2003 began, only a few thousand people around the country had any idea there was a band from somewhere in the part of New York state that isn’t the city named Brand New, and for good reason. At that time the band had only one release, Your Favorite Weapon, and the market for pop punk was much smaller than it is today. Then Deja Entendu was released and everything changed for the better for the rest of the band’s career. Their sound had evolved from generic pop punk into a truly unique brand of quasi-alternative rock that was still nestled well within the boundaries of what one could except as “modern music” for the scene. Every song was considered a gem then, and I’ll be damned if that opinion has changed in the slightest in the time since the album hit shelves.

2. Mest – Mest

I know we just mentioned how pop punk was far less popular in 2003 than it is currently, but of the bands who were at the top of the scene there were few who garnered more attention than Mest. This self-titled release was the one fans had been waiting for since the group’s debut EP at the end of the 1990s, and it would go on to spawn a number of singles that are considered modern classics among music snobs (namely “Rooftops”). Though the band’s sound and popularity would change in the years ahead, this release remains as their quintessential offering to the masses.

Beyoncé – Dangerously in Love

There is no way we could let the solo debut of Beyonce go by without mentioning how ferociously fantastic it remains to this day. Everyone knows the single, “Crazy In Love,” but the truth is the entire release is something worth revisiting. This album came at a time when everyone wondered if Beyonce would be able to stand without her sisters in Destiny’s Child, and it served as all the proof we needed that she could. Put together a throwback party with your closest friends, dig this CD out of a box of your old possessions, and put this album on one (or five) more time(s).