. ▁He ▁exp ounded ▁upon ▁their ▁plans ▁for ▁the ▁band ' s ▁future : ▁ ▁Musical ▁style ▁and ▁influ ences ▁ ▁Music ▁ ▁The ▁band ' s ▁array ▁of ▁influ ences ▁mostly ▁include ▁alternative ▁ind ie ▁rock ▁bands ▁Super chunk , ▁J aw box , ▁Sun ny ▁Day ▁Real ▁Est ate , ▁the ▁Fl aming ▁Li ps , ▁F ug azi , ▁and ▁Pav ement . ▁Add itional ▁artists ▁that ▁inspired ▁the ▁band ▁includes ▁Bra id ▁and ▁The ▁R ent als , ▁El vis ▁Cost ello , ▁P ix ies , ▁Tom ▁Wa its , ▁Ben ▁F olds , ▁the ▁We aker th ans , ▁Post er ▁Children , ▁the ▁Car pent ers , ▁and ▁the ▁Card ig ans . ▁All Music ▁addition ally ▁cred its ▁bands ▁such ▁as ▁We e zer ▁and ▁the ▁Get ▁Up ▁K ids ▁as ▁influ ences , ▁among ▁others . ▁Pierre ▁quoted ▁Wa its ▁that ▁" all ▁anybody ▁ever ▁does ▁is ▁im itate ▁their ▁favorite ▁artist — bad ly ," ▁adding , ▁" we ' re ▁just ▁reg urg it ating ▁all ▁the ▁c rap ▁we ▁listened ▁to ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁' 8 0 s ▁and ▁early ▁' 9 0 s , ▁the ▁music ▁that ▁got ▁us ▁into ▁playing ▁music ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁place ." ▁ ▁The ▁band ' s ▁musical ▁style ▁is ▁widely ▁recogn izable ▁by ▁its ▁unique ▁bl end ▁of ▁pop ▁punk ▁with ▁the ▁Mo og ▁synth es izer . ▁The ▁usage ▁of ▁the ▁Mo og ▁st ems ▁from ▁C ain , ▁who ▁first ▁heard ▁the