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Alt Rock · March 2, 2026

Johnnyrook

The More Things Change (2021)
by M. Avery·2 min read
Johnnyrook — The More Things Change

A fierce, attitude-riddled alt-rock album that hits like a sucker punch to the gut.

Johnnyrook's The More Things Change leans hard into classic alternative rock with a hard-hitting tonality that grabs you in the first song and refuses to let go. The riffs are fierce, the vocals carry a built-in snarl, and the whole record swings with the confidence of a band that knows exactly what it wants to sound like.

There's a fiery, attitude-first quality to the songwriting — songs lean into their hooks, the choruses land, and the arrangements stay tight enough that nothing overstays its welcome.

For anyone who still keeps the 90s alt-rock canon in rotation, this album sits comfortably alongside it without ever feeling like a tribute.

Production-wise it gives the song room to breathe without ever feeling thin, and the vocal sits exactly where it should — close enough to feel personal, polished enough to carry.

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