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Review: .Sydney based Aussie pop-punks Stand Atlantic return with their follow up to 2022's F.E.A.R. in the form of fourth full-length Was Here. Embracing the "pop" side of their subgenre signifier more than ever before, the material on display strays further from the Hopeless Records alumni Blink-182/New Found Glory worship and careens headlong into synth-laden euphoric arena-level pop-rock, with several features from the likes of PVRIS, Sueco, and Polaris. Still one foot firmly planted in their punk origins but with eyes set on a grandiose, maximalised versions of themselves, the "Stand Atlantic Was Here" mantra feels entirely apt and fitting.