Not as young but still carefree

All-American Rejects’ new album, “Kids in the Street,” is more mature than the group’s last project, released in 2009, but maintains all the elements of a high-school soundtrack: heartbroken one day, angsty the next, fun-loving five minutes later.

If the group has a niche, it is writing dysfunctional love songs, such as “Bleed into Your Mind,” and “I’m young and carefree” songs, such as the titular track, “Kids in the Street.”

The allure of the group’s sound is that all the songs make you want to scream along with the radio, and you’re having fun even if you’re singing about heartache and life’s hiccups.

Almost all of us have had bad days or encountered people we couldn’t quite get past, even though we wanted to, and the All-American Rejects deliver 43 minutes to bitch about all of it with loud bass loud and squealing guitar.