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← Previous revision Revision as of 09:58, 30 April 2026 Line 62: Line 62: * ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'': "[Proper's] [...] snarky emo-pop explores how intersectional identities move within predominantly white spaces."<ref name=":15" /> * ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'': "[Proper's] [...] snarky emo-pop explores how intersectional identities move within predominantly white spaces."<ref name=":15" /> * [[Sputnikmusic]]: "Proudly black and queer, [Proper.] don't shy away from foregrounding our modern (albeit hardly new) intersectional web of racist violence, class struggle, and systemic oppression from the perspective of people who couldn't fully escape being on the receiving end of those frameworks if they tried."<ref name="Sputnikmusic">{{Cite web |last=Lorenzen |first=Zack |date=2022-05-12 |title=Review: Proper. - The Great American Novel |url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/84834/Proper.-The-Great-American-Novel/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20260404100432/https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/84834/Proper.-The-Great-American-Novel/ |archive-date=April 4, 2026 |access-date=2026-04-02 |website=[[Sputnikmusic]] |quote=}}</ref> * [[Sputnikmusic]]: "Proudly black and queer, [Proper.] don't shy away from foregrounding our modern (albeit hardly new) intersectional web of racist violence, class struggle, and systemic oppression from the perspective of people who couldn't fully escape being on the receiving end of those frameworks if they tried."<ref name="Sputnikmusic">{{Cite web |last=Lorenzen |first=Zack |date=2022-05-12 |title=Review: Proper. - The Great American Novel |url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/84834/Proper.-The-Great-American-Novel/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20260404100432/https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/84834/Proper.-The-Great-American-Novel/ |archive-date=April 4, 2026 |access-date=2026-04-02 |website=[[Sputnikmusic]] |quote=}}</ref> * ''[[Under the Radar (magazine)|Under the Radar]]''. "[''I Spent The Winter''] centers the intersectionality aspect of [Proper's] music by talking about Black and queer experiences together." <ref name="UnderTheRadarInterview2020" />}} Hau Chu of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' described the band as "lyrically knotty",<ref name=":23" /> whilst ''Pitchfork''{{'s}} Cohen described called them "explosively verbal" and felt that Garlington was "trying to make the act of listening to Proper. as overwhelming as experiencing his life firsthand".<ref name=":15" /> In addition to his personal experiences and observations, Garlington's lyrics draw inspiration from books, films, and television series;<ref name=":9" /> he cited the latter as an influence on how he envisions Proper's studio albums, likening them to [[TV season|seasons]].<ref name=":34" /><ref name="UnderTheRadarInterview2020" /> He generally wrote songs beginning with their instrumentals before coming up with vocal medolies and fitting lyrics into them.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":9" /> Whilst ''The Suburbs Have Ruined My Life'' and ''I Spent the Winter Writing Songs About Getting Better'' were primarily composed by Garlington,<ref name=":8" /> ''The Great American Novel'' saw him collaborate more on the songwriting with Watson and Johnson.<ref name=":8" /><!-- influences --> * ''[[Under the Radar (magazine)|Under the Radar]]''. "[''I Spent The Winter''] centers the intersectionality aspect of [Proper's] music by talking about Black and queer experiences together." <ref name="UnderTheRadarInterview2020" />}} Hau Chu of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' described the band as "lyrically knotty",<ref name=":23" /> whilst ''Pitchfork''{{'s}} Cohen described called them "explosively verbal" and felt that Garlington was "trying to make the act of listening to Proper. as overwhelming as experiencing his life firsthand".<ref name=":15" /> In addition to his personal experiences and observations, Garlington's lyrics draw inspiration from books, films, and television series;<ref name=":9" /> he cited the latter as an influence on how he envisions Proper's studio albums, likening them to [[TV season|seasons]].<ref name="UnderTheRadarInterview2020" /><ref name=":34" /> He generally wrote songs beginning with their instrumentals before coming up with vocal medolies and fitting lyrics into them.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":9" /> Whilst ''The Suburbs Have Ruined My Life'' and ''I Spent the Winter Writing Songs About Getting Better'' were primarily composed by Garlington,<ref name=":8" /> ''The Great American Novel'' saw him collaborate more on the songwriting with Watson and Johnson.<ref name=":8" /><!-- influences -->The members of Proper have cited a variety of artists as influences, including [[System of a Down]], [[Kendrick Lamar]], [[Tiny Moving Parts]], [[Kanye West]], [[Modern Baseball]],<ref name=":11" /> [[Tyler, the Creator]],<ref name=":30">{{Cite news |last=Gelfand |first=Zac |date=2020-07-17 |title=Indie Mixtape 20: Proper. Knows The Words To Every Kanye Album |url=https://uproxx.com/indie/proper-interview-indie-mixtape-20/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127174830/https://uproxx.com/indie/proper-interview-indie-mixtape-20/ |archive-date=2022-01-27 |access-date=2026-04-04 |work=[[Uproxx]] |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Say Anything (band)|Say Anything]],<ref name=":18" /> [[Saosin]],<ref name=":8" /> [[Dance Gavin Dance]], [[Touché Amoré]],<ref name=":14">{{Cite web |last=Sacher |first=Andrew |date=2022-03-25 |title=Proper. discuss how their new LP was inspired by Silver Jews, Dance Gavin Dance & more |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/proper-discuss-how-their-new-lp-was-inspired-by-silver-jews-dance-gavin-dance-more/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328235013/https://www.brooklynvegan.com/proper-discuss-how-their-new-lp-was-inspired-by-silver-jews-dance-gavin-dance-more/ |archive-date=2022-03-28 |access-date=2026-04-02 |website=[[BrooklynVegan]] |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Kississippi]], and [[The Front Bottoms]].<ref name=":5" /> Garlington's musical roots were based in [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]], progressive rock, and post-hardcore;<ref name=":34">{{Cite news |last=Djamoos |first=Zac |date=2022-05-31 |title=Artist Interview: Erik Garlington of Proper. |url=https://www.getalternative.com/artist-interview-erik-garlington-of-proper/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531171309/https://www.getalternative.com/artist-interview-erik-garlington-of-proper/ |archive-date=2022-05-31 |access-date=2026-04-04 |work=[[The Alternative (online magazine)|The Alternative]] |language=en-US}}</ref> he began listening to heavy music after his father gave him a copy of [[Megadeth]]'s ''[[Countdown to Extinction]]'' (1992) when he was 11 years old,<ref name="15Questions">{{Cite web |title=Proper. about going from Black Suffering to Black Genius |url=https://www.15questions.net/interview/proper-about-going-black-suffering-black-genius/page-1/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401170832/https://www.15questions.net/interview/proper-about-going-black-suffering-black-genius/page-1/ |archive-date=2022-04-01 |access-date=2026-04-02 |website=Fifteen Questions|date=2022-04-07}}</ref> and started playing guitar when he was 12 after listening to [[Coheed and Cambria]],<ref name=":8" /> whom he credited alongside [[At the Drive-In]], [[Dance Gavin Dance]] and [[Protest the Hero]] with inspiring him to do music.<ref name="Kerrang!int">{{Cite web |last=Raza-Sheikh |first=Zoya |date=2022-07-19 |title=Who the hell are Proper.? |url=https://www.kerrang.com/who-the-hell-are-proper |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719164851/https://www.kerrang.com/who-the-hell-are-proper |archive-date=2022-07-19 |access-date=2026-04-02 |website=[[Kerrang!]] |language=en}}</ref> He also credited [[The Wonder Years (band)|The Wonder Years]] with showing him "you could write pop-punk and have it be meaningful and have the lyrics be amazing and blunt and still poetic at the same time."<ref name=":0" /> Johnson drew inspiration from early [[pop-punk]] and [[Long Island#Culture|Long Island emo]],<ref name=":12" /> and cited [[Ramones]] as her favorite band.<ref name=":12" /> Watson was primarily influenced by [[The Mars Volta]] and At the Drive-In, as well as [[Paramore]], [[Taking Back Sunday]], [[Silverstein (band)|Silverstein]], [[J Dilla]], and [[A Tribe Called Quest]].<ref name=":12" /> The members of Proper have cited a variety of artists as influences, including [[System of a Down]], [[Kendrick Lamar]], [[Tiny Moving Parts]], [[Kanye West]], [[Modern Baseball]],<ref name=":11" /> [[Tyler, the Creator]],<ref name=":30">{{Cite news |last=Gelfand |first=Zac |date=2020-07-17 |title=Indie Mixtape 20: Proper. Knows The Words To Every Kanye Album |url=https://uproxx.com/indie/proper-interview-indie-mixtape-20/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127174830/https://uproxx.com/indie/proper-interview-indie-mixtape-20/ |archive-date=2022-01-27 |access-date=2026-04-04 |work=[[Uproxx]] |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Say Anything (band)|Say Anything]],<ref name=":18" /> [[Saosin]],<ref name=":8" /> [[Dance Gavin Dance]], [[Touché Amoré]],<ref name=":14">{{Cite web |last=Sacher |first=Andrew |date=2022-03-25 |title=Proper. discuss how their new LP was inspired by Silver Jews, Dance Gavin Dance & more |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/proper-discuss-how-their-new-lp-was-inspired-by-silver-jews-dance-gavin-dance-more/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328235013/https://www.brooklynvegan.com/proper-discuss-how-their-new-lp-was-inspired-by-silver-jews-dance-gavin-dance-more/ |archive-date=2022-03-28 |access-date=2026-04-02 |website=[[BrooklynVegan]] |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Kississippi]], and [[The Front Bottoms]].<ref name=":5" /> Garlington's musical roots were based in [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]], progressive rock, and post-hardcore;<ref name=":34">{{Cite news |last=Djamoos |first=Zac |date=2022-05-31 |title=Artist Interview: Erik Garlington of Proper. |url=https://www.getalternative.com/artist-interview-erik-garlington-of-proper/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531171309/https://www.getalternative.com/artist-interview-erik-garlington-of-proper/ |archive-date=2022-05-31 |access-date=2026-04-04 |work=[[The Alternative (online magazine)|The Alternative]] |language=en-US}}</ref> he began listening to heavy music after his father gave him a copy of [[Megadeth]]'s ''[[Countdown to Extinction]]'' (1992) when he was 11 years old,<ref name="15Questions">{{Cite web |title=Proper. about going from Black Suffering to Black Genius |url=https://www.15questions.net/interview/proper-about-going-black-suffering-black-genius/page-1/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401170832/https://www.15questions.net/interview/proper-about-going-black-suffering-black-genius/page-1/ |archive-date=2022-04-01 |access-date=2026-04-02 |website=Fifteen Questions|date=2022-04-07}}</ref> and started playing guitar when he was 12 after listening to [[Coheed and Cambria]],<ref name=":8" /> whom he credited alongside [[At the Drive-In]], [[Dance Gavin Dance]] and [[Protest the Hero]] with inspiring him to do music.<ref name="Kerrang!int">{{Cite web |last=Raza-Sheikh |first=Zoya |date=2022-07-19 |title=Who the hell are Proper.? |url=https://www.kerrang.com/who-the-hell-are-proper |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719164851/https://www.kerrang.com/who-the-hell-are-proper |archive-date=2022-07-19 |access-date=2026-04-02 |website=[[Kerrang!]] |language=en}}</ref> He also credited [[The Wonder Years (band)|The Wonder Years]] with showing him "you could write pop-punk and have it be meaningful and have the lyrics be amazing and blunt and still poetic at the same time."<ref name=":0" /> Johnson drew inspiration from early [[pop-punk]] and [[Long Island#Culture|Long Island emo]],<ref name=":12" /> and cited [[Ramones]] as her favorite band.<ref name=":12" /> Watson was primarily influenced by [[The Mars Volta]] and At the Drive-In, as well as [[Paramore]], [[Taking Back Sunday]], [[Silverstein (band)|Silverstein]], [[J Dilla]], and [[A Tribe Called Quest]].<ref name=":12" />