Brace Yourself for the Mediocre  Brace Yourself for the Mediocre is the first and only album of the band Roper, released October 19, 2004. It was put together by lead singer Reese Roper before he had put the rest of the band together. The album has a pop punk sound, although "HM" comments that it "has much more in common with the raw side than... with Simple Plan or Relient K. The albums contains lyrics that avoid the clichés of pop punk and deliver scathing wit alongside representations of faith, typical of Reese Roper. Album - Billboard (North America)