I didn't say that, nor do I think that "sophomoric" is necessarily a pejorative when it comes to rock music. The Ramones, The Modern Lovers, and about a hundred other great bands could accurately be described as "sophomoric". I was summoned, like a malevolent spirit of snobbery, to a post about the Plimsouls. And lo, I find them boring as hell, which I didn't really think was a controversial opinion.
I listened to your 2017 playlist. I'm not into Dirty Projectors, Elbow, Japandroids, and a bunch of the other stuff. But Sleaford Mods are awesome (and playing Seattle soon!), the new Slowdi