2007
the sidewalk’s a carpet and the bushes are the walls
maura @ 7:12 pm
Voxtrot, I am so over you.* My new band crush, thanks to Punk Rock Karl, is Even in Blackouts. They play incredible power punk/pop, the singer has a fantastic soaring voice, and they’re from Chicago to boot. How could anyone not love them?
* Okay, that is a lie told for humorous effect. I still love you, Voxtrot, there’s no need to pout.
You can listen to some Even in Blackouts songs on Pure Volume and MySpace. It’s going to be really hard to wait ’til my birthday for their CDs, I may just have to break down and buy them sooner.
On another note, a glance at my course calendars plus the fact that today was merely day 1 of Gus’s ELEVEN DAYS OF SPRING BREAK has led me to conclude that I have a frankly inhuman amount of schoolwork to do between now and the end of April. So expect updates to be spotty around here. Unless I find another band I can’t stop listening to.
2 comments on “the sidewalk’s a carpet and the bushes are the walls”
I know! That Screeching Weasel connection vaults me right back to my halcyon college radio days, I tell ya.
Maura, I am so glad you like EiB. I have been doing everything I can to turn people on to this great band. A while back, I decided that the best word to describe the sound is “delicious”. They go down like your favorite food that you just can’t eat enough of.
Not only does EiB hail from Chi-town but they are in fact made of up Chicago pop-punk royalty. EiB’s ringleader, creative and spiritual leader is none other than John “Jughead” Pearson founding member of Screeching Weasel. Because of this EiB does a few really awesome Screeching Weasel covers as well as a great cover of the Operation Ivy song “Knowledge”.