Everyone Everywhere
A Lot Of Weird People Standing Around 7”
Evil Weevil; 2009
Seriously, this little 7” kicks so much musical ass, mostly because this band revels unapologetically in its love for Braid and The Promise Ring and because it represents all that is good and right with the concept of the 7”. On the four tracks that comprise A Lot Of Weird People Standing Around, Everyone Everywhere gives ample cause for forgetting your homework and frolicking around the college campus quadrant with an intensely upbeat, energetic brand of indie/emo pop-punk. I’m actually quite jealous of these guys: big crunching power chords interact with a rollicking bass and thumping drummer to create the same kind of fun-loving tunes that I vainly attempted to craft back when I was in college.
There’s a great deal of reminiscing going on here lyrically, but it’s not the sad-sack, mopey version. This 7” is more about remembering all of the great times had with one’s friends and then looking forward to making more memories. “Thermal Dynamics” (Side A, Song 2) regales listeners with an instantly recognizable tale of family members and friends fighting over the thermostat level until it threatens to break from people messing with it. My favorite song on the record, “Cool Pool Keg Toss Pete,” (Side B, Song 2) is a bouncy tune dedicated to the party you had for a friend after he/she returned from a year studying abroad, but I love it for this lyric alone: “We’re glad you have a pool because we’re going to need somewhere to put the empty keg and store our lawn chairs.” These songs make me so damn happy – I’m can’t wait to hear what the band is preparing for its debut full-length.
March 1st, 2010 12:03
April 19th, 2010 07:02