Say Anything Essentials

Inspired by pop-punk pioneers like Weezer and The Get Up Kids, Los Angeles native Max Bemis founded Say Anything in 2000—when he was still a teenager. It took a second release of Say Anything's 2004 sophomore album ...is a Real Boy in 2006, along with a surprise hit single with "Alive With the Glory of Love," for Bemis's arena-sized pop-punk to really enter the mainstream spotlight. By then he was preparing an even more epic double-album with 2007's In Defense of the Genre, a record that incorporated everything from disco and synth-pop to R&B and folk into the world of emo. Go deep into the weird, wildly creative world of Say Anything with this collection of their best.