Daily Archives: 2013-09-02

The Front Bottoms – Twin Size Mattress

These guys are my new jam for biking to work.

I am such a sucker for earnest loving punk rock. These guys do that, but with an acoustic guitar and dancey rhythms. Who can really scoff at lyrics like this?

This is for the lions living in the wiry broke down frames of my friends bodies.
When the flood water comes, it ain’t gonna be clear. It’s gonna look like mud.
But I will help you swim.
I will help you swim.

or

I wanna contribute to the chaos.
I don’t wanna watch and then complain,
‘Cause I am through finding blame
That is the decision that I have made.

Sweet little stories about falling in love and pretending to be stronger than you are and then:

I was younger and thought that
I didn’t have to care about anything
Now I am older and I know that I should

POW right in my heart! I bought their album Talon Of The Hawk from Amazon.

BTW – they also did a really adorable NPR Tiny Desk Concert: