Beach Slang is an up-and-coming band from Philly. The backbone of the band is vocalist/guitarist James Alex. I usually don't trust anybody who has a first name for a last name, but I dig this dude and the band's raucous electric rock sound.
As with most musical things in my life, I randomly came across this band just recently. Not sure if it was a magazine or The Ringer's web site. But I read a positive review and downloaded their first full album, 2015's concisely titled The Things We Do to Find People Who Feel Like Us. It kicks all kinds of ass. I'm not good at writing about music, but the album has the same edge, grit and energy as the early Gaslight Anthem material. It is a concise 10 songs that span a mere 27 minutes. All killer, no filler. They're carrying whatever torch The Replacements lit forty years ago, which is noble, if only to me.
The song below is from that album, and its lyrics spawned the title of the post. Simple phrase, but something we can (or could, at one time) relate to, even in our middle ageishness.
Their fourth and latest album, The Deadbeat Bang of Heartbreak City, just dropped. It sounds like a stew of many rock sounds I've loved since my childhood: Guns n Roses, Arctic Monkeys and 80's pop, to name a few. Good stuff and also worth a listen.
Since NPR's Tiny Desk series has a lot of street cred in these parts, here is James Alex doing that gig. Personally, I think the songs are better suited to the full electric rock treatment, but they still sound pretty damn good here.
Thursday, January 16, 2020
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I like Beach Slang. They’re one of my favorite beach-related bands along with Beach House, Beach Fossils, and The Beach Boys. “Wasted Daze of Youth” and “Future Mixtape for the Art Kids” kick ass too.
And there’s nothing wrong with a first name for a last name.
Damn straight
Markelle Fultz stats by month (ppg/apg/rpg):
October: 11/4/2
November: 12/3/3
December: 11/5/4
January: 14/6/5
Dude is 21 yrs, 8 mos old and may be a starter in a playoff game this spring. Nice bounce for him.
your william and mary tribe, 5-0 in conference play, are 1.5-point dogs on the road at delaware this evening. the hens had a sparkling non-con run, but find themselves 2-3 in the league. i'm 1-4 picking the tribe ats this year, speaking of sparkling. so take with a grain of salt the notion that i'm starting to believe we might have something and should win this one outright.
Always looking for new music since I’m stuck in ‘69 (natch) to 71 vinyl tunes. Which btdubs are by far the best years for analog production / engineered / mixed sound vinyl imho. Now ya know.
Will check out and Def stealing “all killer no filler”
I am so very happy about the developments with Fultz. I wanted the Magic to trade for him last year because it was all upside and they wouldn’t have to give too much for him. And then it happened. And now it’s starting to come together for him. I’m so excited.
His jumper is still very much a work in progress, but he’s gaining confidence and hitting some shots. He’s also a really big, strong, athletic PG who plays the game at his own pace. And as TR said, he’s still only 21. All for Jonathan Simmons and a 2nd rounder.
In CAA Basketball news, my former teammate (and fellow PG) Rob Burke is the new interim Head Coach at UNC-Wilmington.
tribe, y’all
Tribe made me $91 tonight. Vigs suck, but the Tribe's resilience does not.
We may need to start thinking about a DC summit in early March. I may have a window to come down and make some bad decisions.
beach slang sounds pretty good. but i like wavves "king of the beach" more . . .
that's waves with two v's.
ridiculous
you had me at 'gaslight anthem', tr. the replacements are just icing on the cake. i dig this band's sound.
Festival Express is on AXS TV right now. Grateful Dead, The Band and Janis all get drunk and take a ton of LSD and jam on a train heading west in Canada. Must-watch. On until 11.
The scene where Danko and Janis are jamming out of their gourd is as good as it gets.
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