“This is for the lake that me and my friends swim in, naked and dumb on a drunken night And it should've felt good but I can hear the Jaws theme song on repeat in the back of my mind”— The Front Bottoms, open.spotify.com
“And she's probably with a few of them right now and they are probably just drinking and talking about how she misses getting fucked up and hanging around And he says "Hey you're good at that" and she says "Thanks, it's kind of all I got," and then she looks away and says "It's also all I need."”— The Front Bottoms, open.spotify.com
“Andy, the highway looked so dark When the black took control of my eyes When something made my focus smash And I'll be back when the rest of it dies”— Marietta, open.spotify.com
“I couldn't breathe under all of that weight, and the things that we've seen. With all the dead, with their hats on their chest, and their thoughts in the leaves.”— Marietta, open.spotify.com
“Pacing down the hallway stairs Mental notes of quick repairs To gaps in my story for tomorrow morning Of why I was up at this hour (you owe me)”— Modern Baseball, open.spotify.com
“Now that I've got nothing, you're having your doubts Pack all of your bags and move them all out Now that I've got nothing you're having doubts What am I supposed to do now?”— PUP, open.spotify.com
“Three beers and I'm so messed up, get drunk and I can't shut up She says that I drink too much I fucked up and she hates my guts She says that I need to grow up”— PUP, open.spotify.com
“It's not like me to forgive and move on always Looking back on my mistakes and others' Too distant to see where I went wrong”— Modern Baseball, play.spotify.com
“Did you ever love me Biopsy from the origin of sound Confirms you're speaking truthfully Concludes everything I thought about”— Modern Baseball, play.spotify.com
“Scruffy and laid-back in the distinct manner of 20-somethings without office jobs, Modern Baseball has led something of a charmed existence, despite its personal hurdles. By playing an outmoded style of music — somewhere in the much-derided space between pop-punk and emo — with zero pretense and alm…”— Joe Coscarelli, nytimes.com
“It’s completely disarming to see a band at all these days, or from any era, that’s just not trying to be cool”— Joe Coscarelli, nytimes.com