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Philly power pop 🎸new album Scheduled Explosions out 10/25 via @dbldblwhmmy 💥 press: nathan @riotactmedia .com
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Album no. 4 is called Scheduled Explosions and is out 10/25 on
@dbldblwhmmy
💥💥💥 first THREE singles streaming everywhere now. Digital + cassette preorders will be linked in bio
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Most steely Dan song titles would be great names for a racehorse. Imagine Bad Sneakers winning the Kentucky derby
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Love this Anthony Bourdain quote 🥰 “Eat at a local restaurant tonight. Get the cream sauce. Have a cold pint in an empty bar. Order the steak rare. Have a negroni. Have two. Order a third negroni. Make it four. Get that fifth negroni. Wash it down with a sixth. Try a seventh neg
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Spotify deciding that birdsong is not music. What a sad fucking perspective that speaks volumes
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The Tom Cruise interview that makes me question whether Tom cruise has ever even seen a movie
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Friendly reminder that boycotting tomorrow’s Bandcamp Friday is not how you support artists. THIS is how you support artists:
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Dunno what indie sleaze is but the only guy in a suit I wanna hear singing about being really horny is Leonard Cohen
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Well it was a good season, but with last night’s snowfall it is now time for rock n roll bands to pass the reins to slowcore, ambient, and singer/songwriter artists for the winter, so that we may hibernate and rock harder than ever next summer. Fare thee well!
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Thinking about the time on this last tour when we got to the venue & I checked with the bartender to see where we should load in, I said “hi I’m with the band playing tonite” and with over-the-top fake excitement she went “OMG you’re with ~the band~??!?” I was roasted
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Here we go— new record Easy Listening is out 9/30 on
@dbldblwhmmy
and you can hear the first single now thx to
@stereogum
! Video by
@milkocromlom
!!! Check out “Strung Out On You”—
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Drinkin a root beer getting rocked by
@theholdsteady
. I mean can you believe it. what a life
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Just drank a wawa 32oz iced coffee, what’s up what’s everyone doin right now what’s happening how are you hey everyone whats goin on what’s up
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Official announcement comin from us in a lil bit, but wow looks like we’re headlining SXSW next year! 🤩
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This is what Brian wanted The Beach Boys to sound like back in the day, but the technology/studio wizardry was too primitive & the rest of the band (besides Mike Love of course) lacked the kind of vocal talent and charisma necessary to do the music justice
Mike Love records an Auto-Tune heavy cover of the classic Beach Boys song “Do It Again” featuring Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray and John Stamos of Full House. (2017)
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Uh oh… I’ve had an intrusive thought of cartoon characters singing GBV songs and now I can’t shake it. Spongebob singing “kicker of elves”. Johnny bravo doin “bulldog skin”. Eric Cartman absolutely crushing “teenage FBI”
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This has been a lot to process & I still don’t have the right words to say, but Maya I believe you and thank you for sharing & speaking out
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What are some of the greatest songs about Wichita linemen? I’ll start:
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Have always found this pretty unsettling. Like eating at a restaurant called No Food Poisoning
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Let’s be real. Smashing guitars is def corny, tho not nearly as corny as writing songs and playing them on guitars 😂
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Almost any song title would make a great name for a cocktail. And almost any record label would make a pretty good name for a sandwich. Don’t @ me
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New single out!!! This one’s for all you angels who’ve ever been blue. Catherine says this song makes her cry. David and Jon say they like the guitars. No word from Fran. Peter says it’s his fave song he’s written and he hopes you like it!
🚨 new
@2ndgradephilly
today!!! 🚨
"Me and My Blue Angels" is streaming wherever you get your tunes ✈️
photo by Francis Lyons
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Also did you know I play drums in a hard-to-describe instrumental group called Hour that apparently Joe Pera knows about somehow and listens to??
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Had a great chat with Steven and you can read it here!! Wherein I say “power-pop music is loser music where losers become winners in their dreams” and he says we’re “The Best Part Of The 2022 Power-Pop Renaissance”. We’re the losers of the year folks… thanks so much Steven!
2022 has been a really good year for power pop, and my favorite band of the bunch is
@2ndgradephilly
, whose LP out on Friday, EASY LISTENING, is a real charmer. I wrote about it here.
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MJ Lenderman could have written “Cold Cold Heart” but Hank Williams could never have written “TV Dinners”
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WERE TOURING THE UK IN SEPTEMBER! 🇬🇧 “yeah, baby”
9/6– London, The Lexington
9/7– Oxford, Jericho Tavern
9/8– Manchester, Yes (Basement)
9/11– Leeds, Hyde Park Book Club
9/12– Bristol, The Louisiana
9/13– Brighton, Hope & Ruin
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Hit To Hit has been out for over a year & a half, yet still no sponsorship offers from Sunkist, Topo Chico, Tonka, Schwinn Bikes, Criterion Channel, the NRA, Cherry Coke, Roland Amps who manufacture the Jazz Chorus, or any tax preparation companies…… WTF
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Thanks to all the people I’ve been paying to say nice things about our new record! Yall are laying it on nice and thick which is very convincing, but also above & beyond the terms of our contract I must remind you, so don’t expect a bigger payout than what was discussed. 😇
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Put this on my gravestone or tattoo it to my forehead or something
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Wow the dentist said my teeth inspire him so much that he made this inverted statue of the inside of my mouth and told me I should wear it every night as an act of celebration and reverence. Like damn thanks dude
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thanks so much for rockin with us in 2022:) I love writing songs & making records & I’m very grateful we get to keep doing that. I also love playing live & am glad we got to do that so much around Philly/nyc this year, 2023 we hope to visit all over so we’ll see ya next year ✌️
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Pleased to announce we’re revisiting our first release, 2018’s homemade lo-fi Wish You Were Here Tour, with new studio-produced hi-fi versions of some of our faves from it as well as an outtake from last year’s Hit To Hit that couldn’t fit on that record. Here’s “Favorite Song”!
2nd Grade announce new album 'Wish You Were Here Revisited' — hear two versions of the deeply charming "Favorite Song"
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Thinking about counting crows “accidentally in love”. Like dude almost everyone who is in love is accidentally in love… except for ppl who sign up to go on the bachelor, they’re in love on purpose
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Thrilled to announce we have joined the
@dbldblwhmmy
family! Today we share a double video for “Velodrome” and “My Bike”, the first taste of our upcoming record “Hit to Hit”. Filmed at a time when it was still okay to stuff cake in your friends’ mouths :)
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Thinking again about all the stuff Hank Williams missed out on. Four Loko for example, he would’ve loved that
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No tour plans rn, but when we do you know we’re recording that shit and putting it out as Wish You Were Here Tour Revisited Tour Revisited: The Wish You Were Here Tour Revisited Tour
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Honored to be a guest on today’s episode of Time Crisis!!! In which Ezra grills me about lobsters, Jake grills me about Guided By Voices, and Nick grills me about Seinfeld
Today on TC
· Tully’s (タリーズコーヒー)
· Erewhon
· Peter Gill from
@2ndgradephilly
· Can Jake land the plane? 🫡
6pm ET 3pm PT 4am JST
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My tour driving shift is done and now Jon’s behind the wheel, we’re listenin to Bob Dylan’s Infidels on the way to Nashville. Catching up on all the messages & kind words and just wanna say, thank yall so much for listening!! Really excited to share the whole album ✌️
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Whenever I get stressed, I remember how many years ago a very wise fish nailed to a wall once turned its head/torso(?) at a 90degree angle to look at me and said “don’t worry be happy”. And it’s true what he said, I think about that all the time. Don’t worry— be happy :)
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So now it’s GGuitar Center? I’m confused
After 50 years, Guitar Center finally makes the correct decision to stop using a guitar as a 'G' in their logo. Why it took that long is still anyone's guess.
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Hit To Hit turns 1 year old today!! Wow. They grow up so fast 🥺
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If America’s gonna have all these ugly mega-highways everywhere, there should at least be places where you can sit & watch the highway while drinking a beer like some kinda Fellini/Springsteen character
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When ppl talk about a sandwich being life changing I get kinda scared. I like my life. All I really need from sandwiches is to maintain my status quo
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Really growing as a songwriter. Used to write in E and G, but have been discovering I’m really more of an A and B kinda guy
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Not so long ago I used to go to bed with a book and read 25 pages before sleeping. Now I prompt AI generated images of “Puss In Boots performing in Rolling Thunder Revue” and “Jar Jar Binks teaching yoga to Jerry Garcia” until my eyes close
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Love how in 65–66 so many Bob Dylan songs had a joke working title and a completely different joke final title. They called him the voice of a generation and really he was just making jokes
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Need to shake this covid & get back out on the road with the rest of the band. I’m worried about them… lord knows what sort of drivel they’re listening to in the van without my aux cord guidance. Poor things
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Logging onto this stupid website to say— I’m horrified at the ongoing & escalating genocide of Palestinians by Israel & our gvmt’s complicity in it. If you believe this catastrophe is somehow morally justifiable, I urge you with all my heart to please reconsider
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In a city rife with shoegaze, punk, and emo, three bands are brave enough to bring their hook-filled power pop to the greatest stage in town. Those bands are
@mo_troper
,
@hurryband
, and 2nd Grade and their appearance at
@johnnybrendas
is not to be missed, get tix at this link!!!
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Brian Wilson was just 23 when he recorded Pet Sounds 😴
Carson McCullers was just 23 when The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter was published 😴
Chris Costello was just 23 when he designed the font Papyrus 🤯🤯🤯🫡🫡🫡🙏🙏🙏
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I’m goin to take a giant coffee crap at the art museum Whole Foods, maybe permanently clog up one of their toilets, does anyone need anything?
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Today we share the third single ahead of Easy Listening’s release this Friday, it’s called TEENAGE OVERPOPULATION and it’s streaming all over!
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Extremely bummed to share we no longer will be joining Slaughter Beach, Dog on their upcoming Midwest dates due to Covid in our band :( we’ve been really looking forward to these shows with them & playing all these places for the first time, so it’s a huge disappointment…
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Over the moon to share that
@friendship_tm
has signed to Merge!! Today we share a new song. Sooooo excited for what’s to come, love my bandmates and love makin music. Peace& love
We're excited to welcome our new pals,
@friendship_tm
to the Merge Records roster! 🤝 With this announcement comes a new track from the band, "Ugly Little Victory," just in time for their tour with Indigo de Souza and Horse Jumper of Love. Read more:
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Obsessed with the new
@theumbrellassf
album. Current fave is this magnetic coil of a pop song, like husker du at their absolute sweetest & jangliest
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Tbh I can’t blame isildur for not destroying the one ring. I can’t even bring myself to delete my Facebook
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We all have “the one that got away…”For many it’s an old flame. For me it’s the knowledge that Zach Galifianakis was slotted to play Ignatius in a screen adaptation of A Confederacy of Dunces that never came to fruition
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Trying to think of songs where the singer refers to themselves as a burger or hotdog, so far i only have “Cheeseburger in Paradise” and Hank Williams’s “Move It On Over”… there have to be more right?
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Scrat from ice age is to his nut as I am to going on tour with friendship this Wednesday. I swear to god if Covid comes between me and my nut…
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AND WHILE YOURE AT IT GIVE EASY LISTENING A 7.0–7.3
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You know we had to do it to em 😎 supporting Algernon Cadwallader w/ Teenage Halloween on 10/25 in Baltimore
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Wish You Were Here Tour Revisited is out in the world today!!!!!!! 🥳
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Happy to announce we are in our “actually practicing” era 😈
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Posting this to see if anyone still appreciates real music in 2023, if you’re a real music fan you’ll give this a retweet
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“Me & My Blue Angels” has been out for a week! Thanks so much everyone for the love you’ve been givin it. I’m celebrating later with a cold meatloaf sandwich :)
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Working out vocal arrangements with Catherine, and drinking beer while listening to Jon rip crazy solos. My two favorite parts of 2nd Grade
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Gonna start practicing driving on the left of the road now so by the time I get to England I’ll be a pro at it
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WOW we’re teaming up with full band
@mo_troper
for the east coast leg of their world tour!! (Note we are NOT playing dc due to scheduling issues 😭sorry yall). Tix go on sale Friday. As always I’ll remind you that you pay for the whole seat but youll only need the edge
playing with a lot of great bands soon. ticket links for 2nd grade shows on sale friday. i will keep you posted. cheers
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Oh lord I verbally made an off-the-cuff take without formally laying out a defense, and now I’m caught in the crossfire of a “is Tom petty power pop” debate on today of all days, National Coffee Day
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Our east coast shows w/
@mo_troper
are next week!! Our 1st time in Boston & Asbury Park, triumphant return to NYC & Philly, we got ~brand new songs~ including our most Beatles song & our most Galaxie 500 song. who knows maybe both bands will join up to play something off Revolver
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Thank you for listening to 2nd Grade wherever you listen to music in 2021! We appreciate it so so much. Better put on a fresh diaper before next year because our plans for 2022 might make you piss & crap yourself. Peace & love ✌️
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As a professional dogwalker & catsitter I see yall naming your pets wacky names like Tunamelt or Monster Truck Rally. I’m here to tell you you’re trying too hard, it’s much funnier just naming cats & dogs oddly human names like Robert or Ellen
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Good morning to everyone except the false Bill Fox who keeps uploading bland electronic music to the streaming pages of the true Bill Fox aka Ohio’s legendary power pop prodigal son turned reclusive 4-track folk singer
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There should be a scene in James Bond where James picks up a guitar and strums the James bond chord & then turns to the woman he’s with & winks & says “that’s For Your Ears Only”. Idk would just be a nice easter egg for us true fans keeping the franchise afloat all these years
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Incredible of ABBA to use just a single font for all of their studio album covers. Has this been done by any other artist?
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Tonight is the final night you are allowed to hate the stranger. Starting at midnight you must LOVE THE STRANGER. So make sure to hate some strangers tonight
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i realized just how clueless my friends are about the music industry when they said that more humans listen to classical music than dogs
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More exciting news— Philly we’re playing with Dear Nora!!! at Johnny Brenda’s on 11/9. This is gonna be a really special one.
Thrilled to announce the one & only
@dearnorareality
will be back at JB's on 11/9 with Philly's own
@2ndgradephilly
! Tickets are on sale now - make your move!
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Big if true 👀
uh ohhhh a little power pop-loving bird told me that
@2ndgradephilly
is in the studio cookin' up some hits 🧐
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LETS FREAKING GOOOOOOOOOOOO
Fuck it...one more show announce today!
MJ LENDERMAN sold out JB's so quick that we've added an additional show (w/ 2ND GRADE opening!) on Friday February 10th at PhilaMOCA, and this one is all ages! Tickets on sale now, who knows for how long...
🎟 ->
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✌️thank you Boston!
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Can’t wait to hit the road with our pals Remember Sports this summer!! Nashville, Atlanta, Durham we’ll be seein yall for the first time 🥰 nyc & Philly we just can’t stay away
WE'RE GOING ON TOUR! So stoked to play with
@theophelias
,
@alexaloneworld
,
@2ndgradephilly
, and more TBA 🏸 Tickets go on sale this Friday at noon local time wooooo hoooo! Poster by Gav
@ACAB_Soprano
🥊
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We are soooo proud of the record we made and truly can’t wait for ppl to be hearing it!!!
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Damn I wish John mayer was still with us, I know my guy would’ve absolutely loved this website if he was alive today. RIP
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New single is out today! Been dying to share this one for awhile. Have a listen whenever you have 93 free seconds 🏍
Listen to Philly power-pop band 2nd Grade (
@2ndgradephilly
)'s new track "Dennis Hopper In Easy Rider"
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Having a great time in the UK with the Friendship lads. Thinking of switching my whole personality to insufferable Anglophile! 2g shows comin up in a week 🇬🇧
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Love how The Beach Boys and the Beatles thought they would always get to be sorted next to each other in record stores, very natural, makes a lotta sense, but then the Beastie Boys came out of nowhere and forever ruptured their transatlantic bromance
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Remembering on this fall day that I used to play pedal steel in a band that did the country slowcore thing about 5 years too early. Here is my fave release. Bass, pedal steel, & 2 voices, recorded live on a rooftop to a shoebox cassette player
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Delighted & embarrassed that “Teenage Overpopulation” played on Colin Newman & Malka Spigel’s radio show. To hear the founding member of Wire considering the intentions behind this song is truly surreal
Andy appeared on Colin Newman & Malka Spigel's
@slackcityradio
show again this week and played 'Teenage Overpopulation' by
@2ndgradephilly
!
👂
They play Brighton soon with
@jopymusic
& Mould Fund:
📅 13 Sept
🏦
@thehopeandruin
🎟️
@dicefm
& our website
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Telling myself “don’t be sad that the tour with
@mo_troper
is over, be grateful for the tour with Mo troper that happened”
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Once again thinking about the “Mexican food” we had in Glasgow. Will likely spend the rest of my life unpacking that experience
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If you’re not completely outraged that yet another black person has been murdered by police, then your attitude is in need of some major rewiring. Don’t be manipulated into thinking that the people rioting over this are somehow the problem.
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Wow I simply can’t wait for our show in brooklyn on wednesday with Ducks Ltd and I don’t care who knows it!!!
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Thank you
@swlauden
for chatting with
@mo_troper
,
@youngguv
, and me self about this crazy little thing called “power pop” ✌️
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Oh shit opened the show then forgot my glasses on the stage for the next band. Those glasses getting their shit rocked rn
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As someone whose favorite records were made in the 60s and 70s, I’d still say there’s more great music being made today than at any other point. What an amazing time to be a listener & music maker
this summer we've had new
@alienboypdx
, new
@mo_troper
, new
@dazysound
, new
@2ndgradephilly
, it's like an extended montage of the best bands in america.
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Bye bye summer, it was a weird one but we feel so much gratitude for everyone who rocked our summer record Hit To Hit over the last few months 😎 thank you
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If Hasbro ever greenlit a Hungry Hungry Hippos stoner comedy I would probably go see it
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