godDAMNit, i'm so jealous. the lawrence arms have only come to miami ONCE (at least in the past couple years), and my grandpa was in the hospital at the time. i want so badly to see them live, it's killing me. hearing that caused me serious physical pain, seeing as how insanely amazing the ramblin' boys of pleasure is. it seems that the lawrence arms are one of the only bands in punk who are actually progressing with their music. almost every band i can think of has gotten worse since their first record, however the larry arms continue to amaze me time and time again. it's weird, they actually became LESS poppy. not that apathy and exhaustion was a "poppy album" per se, but it had choruses and all that stuff (it's still one of the best records, in my humble opinion, of all time), and the greatest story ever told goes back to their old minute-and-a-half-ridiculously-fast style, with more maturity and style. not on the ramblin' boys of pleasure necessarily, seeing as its a slower song, but that's just my take on the record itself. as far as the song goes, i think it might possibly be my favorite on the album. brendan and chris have such perfect vocal dynamics, the dual vocals ALWAYS work. the back-ups chris does on the "i hate it" part give me chills. it's sick. i think my favorite line is "it's a bird, it's a plane, it's a goddamn shame." the close second is: "'what's attached to a leash that it made itself?'/the punchline is the way that you've been fucking yourself."
godDAMNit, i'm so jealous. the lawrence arms have only come to miami ONCE (at least in the past couple years), and my grandpa was in the hospital at the time. i want so badly to see them live, it's killing me. hearing that caused me serious physical pain, seeing as how insanely amazing the ramblin' boys of pleasure is. it seems that the lawrence arms are one of the only bands in punk who are actually progressing with their music. almost every band i can think of has gotten worse since their first record, however the larry arms continue to amaze me time and time again. it's weird, they actually became LESS poppy. not that apathy and exhaustion was a "poppy album" per se, but it had choruses and all that stuff (it's still one of the best records, in my humble opinion, of all time), and the greatest story ever told goes back to their old minute-and-a-half-ridiculously-fast style, with more maturity and style. not on the ramblin' boys of pleasure necessarily, seeing as its a slower song, but that's just my take on the record itself. as far as the song goes, i think it might possibly be my favorite on the album. brendan and chris have such perfect vocal dynamics, the dual vocals ALWAYS work. the back-ups chris does on the "i hate it" part give me chills. it's sick. i think my favorite line is "it's a bird, it's a plane, it's a goddamn shame." the close second is: "'what's attached to a leash that it made itself?'/the punchline is the way that you've been fucking yourself."