The Unknown is one of the millions of pop-punk bands to sweat it out in the indie underground with little or no recognition from national publications. Already six years into their career at this point,
Rocket Pop shows a band that hasn't quite found the element that would make them different from the rest of the pack. The songs are catchy and the music is both energetic and youthful, but the subject matter is usually pretty trite and the band does nothing that
Generation X wasn't doing 15 years earlier. This is a hard album to criticize, because it obviously has its merit as a memorable slice of pop music. But the band had only just solidified their members at this point and this is really a transitional album of fluffy pop, nothing more, nothing less. ~ Bradley Torreano