Folk Punk, folk punk, folk punk, FOLK PUNK. I've been on such a binge this week on the following artists: The Front Bottoms: Be on the lookout for these guys, they're really talented and have been gaining in popularity over the past year. They're from New Jersey and are seemingly on tour all the time, I would recommend seeing them.
Kind of Like Spitting: This is a beautiful song, and Kind of Like Spitting is one of the folk punk pioneers from the 1990's. Broke up for a while, but have recently reunited. By which I mean the singer/guitarist decided he wanted this to be a band again.
Joie de Vivre: This is the band that sent me on this binge, I discovered them in high school but recently rediscovered them. They get into shoegazing/lo-fi territory, but their acoustic songs are straight up folk-punk. Other than that, I've been listening to The National a lot lately. I've gained a deeper appreciation for them for some reason. I've been listening to primarily to Boxer, so here's a well known song from that record.
Joie De Vivre rules, one of my all-time favorites. Check out Call it Arson. Awesome folk-punk, these guys rock pretty hard.
You know, I wasn't a big fan of the latest Titus Andronicus album, but I've like everything else by them.
Exactly, not that that's a bad thing. Take a look at The Men's last album, Open Your Heart, they keep the punk aspects of their 1st album but throw in songs like the one I linked to. They pulled it off very well, to the point of being my 2nd favorite album of last year. Titus Andronicus though, the songs just weren't as interesting when they tried to shift sounds.
Let me know what you think of it. The Men are one of my favorite bands, they've got a new album coming out within the next couple of months!
I looked up the Front Bottoms and like them a bit. I might go on a Valentine's date to see them.
This is probably a stupid question, but have you listened to Andrew Jackson Jihad? One of my favorites of the genre!
Oh yes, Andrew Jackson Jihad is great as well. AJJ and The Front Bottoms were the only two folk punk bands I really listened to, but I'm trying to expand that and delve deeper into the genre.
"Timber" is the Kind of Like Spitting song that really did it for me way back when. Weird to hear he/it is back. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujWDVzK7xbQ