If Every Title Fight Album had a Pokémon Team

To start off, I want to repeat that my favorite genre of music is really anything that fits under that huge “alternative rock” umbrella. I love shoegaze, post-hardcore, indie rock, emo, and whatever you want to throw in there. If someone were to ask me my favorite band of all time, I would tell them that it’s Title Fight. Their sound scratches an itch in my brain that not many other songs do, and I love how they evolved from a post-hardcore to a more ethereal shoegaze soundscape. A second interesting fact about me is that I’m kind of a big Pokémon nerd. I loved playing the games as a kid, and it’s an interest that has always stuck around.

I thought that it would be a fun idea to put two of my favorite pieces of media together and imagine what kind of Pokémon team each Title Fight Album would have. Since Title Fight’s sound changes from album to album, I knew I could assign each album a unique team.

Hyperview

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For Hyperview, it only makes sense to include Pokémon that radiate a dreamlike and elegant aura. I chose a combination of psychic, ghost, and flying types to capture the light and dark vibe I get from the album. Reuniclus, Espeon, and Celebi are good Pokémon that reflect ethereal, otherworldly feelings from songs like “Mrahc”, while Haunter, Lampent, and Noivern are good choices for the more mysterious, dazed parts of the album, like songs “Murder Your Memory” or the intro guitar riff on “Chlorine”

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Floral Green

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For Floral Green, considering the title and album art, I pictured a very earthy, overgrown Pokémon team. The album’s sound consists of gritty, raw, and distorted textures that really made me imagine a kind of overgrown dystopia, so I chose a lot of grass, ground, and steel types for this team. Rugged, jagged Pokémon like Tyranitar, Torterra, and Steelix gave me the best vibe of fuzzy and chaotic songs like “Numb, but I still Feel It”, while Pokémon like Grovyle, Regigigas, and Trevenant best reminded me of swirling, lush sounds on the album, and also imagery of plants growing through the concrete.

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Shed

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Next is the post-hardcore album Shed. For this album, I specifically chose fire and fighting types that reflect the chaotic album art and the energetic sound, as well as a few dark and poison types for the touch of edge and brood. Pokémon like Infernape and Houndoom are good representations of fiery outrage on songs from the album like “Shed” or “Stab”, and Pokémon like Toxicroak, Scrafty, Sneasel, and Drapion are there to represent the deeply upset temper found on songs like “27”.

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The Last Thing You Forget

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Finally, for The Last Thing You Forget, the album art definitely makes me think of a disorderly forest, very wild and full of energy, perfect for grass, bug, and rock types. I thought Sawsbuck and Rockruff were pretty good depictions of the deer and wolves on the album art, and all the other Pokémon, Scyther, Beedrill, Rampardos, and Chestnaut do a good job reflecting the sharp, fast-paced punk sound from this album, like on “Symmetry” or “Loud and Clear”.

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Overall, I had so much fun mashing two of my favorite things for this blog!

Thank you for reading!

Caleb G / Industry Insider