We Are The Only Friends We Have

Does anyone else love Piebald? I feel like this band has been under everyone's radar for far too long, and I hope one day people actually read this "blog" and go, "Hey! This band rules!" Yeah.

"We Are The Only Friends We Have" is a superb powerpop album. They have this uncanny knack for writing catchy songs that aren't stupidly simplistic. The album is filled with technical (sounding) riffs and surprising mixed meter riffage, along with seamless time changes & sneaky keyboard/synth attacks. Along with the singer's goofy un-poetic lyrics and odd pronunciation (along with his horse mouth). I'm not very knowledgeable on powerpop, so the only band I could even begin to compare Piebald to would be Weezer. They are definitely similar in certain ways, but I wouldn't say they necessarily sound totally alike. Take a listen for yourself and tell me what you think! Woo!

Oh, and I almost forgot. A couple other reasons why this album is totally awesome:
- They wrote a song (#6, "the monkey versus the robot") about how awesome it is to be in a band for a living.
- and on the cover of the album are two boxes of Little Caesar's pizza. Fuck yeah!

Piebald - We Are The Only Friends We Have (Big Wheel Recreation 2002)

1. the king of the road
2. just a simple plan
3. american hearts
4. long nights
5. fear and loathing in cape cod
6. the monkey versus the robot
7. karate chops from everyone but us
8. rich people can't breed
9. it's gonna get worse before it gets better
10. the stalker
11. look, i just don't like you
12. sex sells and (unfortunately) i'm buying

Buy Piebald's "We Are The Only Friends We Have" (on vinyl or cd!):
Interpunk

Unfun

I feel like it's unnecessary to post this album, but a recent experience shows me that it needs to be shared...

I was up north visiting a friend of mine in college, and we were driving around listening to a tape I made of Jawbreaker's "Unfun." My friend loves Jawbreaker, as do I (they're my favorite band), and he did not recognize the album. I'm not doubting his love for Jawbreaker; lots of people love bands without listening to every single album over and over again, I was just surprised that he didn't recognize Unfun. I guess that's because it was the first album I got into, also one of my favorites by Jawbreaker. So here it is: Jawbreaker's 1990 album "Unfun." At the end of the album are the 3 tracks off of their first 7", "Whack & Blite."

I am actually lucky enough to own a copy of Unfun on vinyl. To those of you in a similar situation will know, Jawbreaker on vinyl is one of the greatest musical experiences one can have. Enjoy.

Here's some lovely info on Unfun (pressing info, recording info, etc.) for all the geeks out there: http://loosecharm.org/discog/unfun.html

Jawbreaker - Unfun (Shredder 1990/1992)
1. Want
2. Seethruskin
3. Fine Day
4. Incomplete
5. Imaginary Ware
6. Busy
7. Softcore
8. Driven
9. Wound
10. Down
11. Gutless
12. Drone
13. Lawn
14. Crane
15. Eye-5

Buy Jawbreaker's "Unfun":
Interpunk
CD Universe

introduction

my friend, the king of mosh mike c, told me to make an mp3 blog. i did. i like all kinds of music that i think everyone should like or at least check out. here you go. enjoy.