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
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
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!
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
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”—
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)
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”
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!
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.
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
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
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. 😇
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
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 ✌️
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”!
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
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 :)
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
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
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 ✌️
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 :)
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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!!!
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 🤯🤯🤯🫡🫡🫡🙏🙏🙏
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…
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:
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
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?
“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 :)
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
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
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
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 ✌️
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
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
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
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
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!
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...
🎟 ->
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
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 🇬🇧
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
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
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
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.
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
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