SONG OF THE WEEK: 4-12-2026

 

SONG:  "Midwest Island"

ARTIST:  So They Say

ALBUM:  "So They Say" EP

YEAR:  2005

PLACE OF ORIGIN:  St. Louis, Missouri

YEARS ACTIVE:  2005 - Present

WHAT I THINK THE SONG IS ABOUT:

The song "Midwest Island" by the pop-punk band So They Say is primarily about the feeling of being trapped and the desperate desire to escape a suffocating environment.

SO THEY SAY DISCOGRAPHY (Full length albums only):

2006 - Antidote For Irony (Fearless Records)

* Did not chart on the Billboard 200

2007 - Life In Surveillance (Fearless Records)

* Did not chart on the Billboard 200

MY THOUGHTS ON SO THEY SAY:

So They Say is a St. Louis band that formed back in 2005. Early on the band signed on with Fearless Records. The band's first release was a self-titled EP that dropped in 2005. Their debut full length studio album was released in 2006, titled "Antidote For Irony". So They Say followed that album up with their sophomore effort, "Life In Surveillance", in 2007. In 2008, So They Say went on a hiatus so all the band members could focus on other projects. In 2010, after listening to some demos, the band was feeling inspired to get back together. However, the band did not get back together until 2024. In 2025, it was rumored that the band was working on new material and a single called "Walls" was indeed released in 2026. So They Say is a pop punk band. As I said in previous blogs, I got into these guys in what I call my "Taking Back Sunday" era! I was listening to a lot of pop punk bands during the 2000 to 2010 years. I first heard of So They Say in 2006 when I heard the song "Antidote For Irony", which is still my favorite song by the band to date. They were only active for about 3 years from 2005 to 2008 so it's good to see the band picking it up again in recent years.

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TEN SO THEY SAY SONGS YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT:

1. Antidote For Irony

2. Wake Me Up

3. Good-Bye

4. Forever Young (Rod Stewart cover)

5. Walls

6. In Loving Memory Of

7. Midwest Island

8. Nuclear Sunrise

9. Daydreamer

10. These Nights Are Long (acoustic version)