The CD Part Of Town
Artist: Armalite
Album: S/T
Label: No Idea Records
"We like to play our music, but we don't very often" Armalite says by way of introduction--and explanation--on their Myspace page. Their prior commitments include membership and stints in bands such as Paint It Black and Kid Dynamite (bassist Dan Yemin), Jeff Ziga is the drummer for True If Destroyed, guitarist/singer Mike McKee edits Philadelphia's Rockpile and was in Kill The Man Who Questions...and for singer, guitarist, and former Package-handler Atom Goren, it's fatherhood and teaching HS chemistry and physics.
Thankfully Armalite managed to find/make time to record their debut album, even if their hectic schedules don't allow for much gigging outside of Philadelphia. Song subjects range from growing older (Entitled) to the curveballs life throws you (I Am A Pancreas {I seek to understand me...}) to politics (When Nice People Think Dumb Things, Attack, and Vote). The lyrics don't make sense at face value sometimes, and all the lyrics are followed by notes and even those notes are explained (Certain parts should be in "sarcastic font") but together with the music they become singalong indie-pop/HC nerd anthems. Mixing these subjects with Armalite members' unique brand of humor and sarcasm (Influences? "None. We live in orbs." Sounds like? "The audio version of video version of us playing") is what makes these songs work and makes books out of sentence fragments, expanding on the basic lyric/music style of Atom and His Package.
As Atom says in the notes to When Nice People Think Dumb Things, Attack, And Vote--about how many people aren't good critical thinkers and tend to swallow soundbites--"Professor Figgy Newton's studies at the University have found that, undoubtedly, writing punk rock songs and liner notes is the most productive approach to combating this problem." Armalite is doing their part to make the music world, at least, a safer place.
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Album: S/T
Label: No Idea Records
"We like to play our music, but we don't very often" Armalite says by way of introduction--and explanation--on their Myspace page. Their prior commitments include membership and stints in bands such as Paint It Black and Kid Dynamite (bassist Dan Yemin), Jeff Ziga is the drummer for True If Destroyed, guitarist/singer Mike McKee edits Philadelphia's Rockpile and was in Kill The Man Who Questions...and for singer, guitarist, and former Package-handler Atom Goren, it's fatherhood and teaching HS chemistry and physics.
Thankfully Armalite managed to find/make time to record their debut album, even if their hectic schedules don't allow for much gigging outside of Philadelphia. Song subjects range from growing older (Entitled) to the curveballs life throws you (I Am A Pancreas {I seek to understand me...}) to politics (When Nice People Think Dumb Things, Attack, and Vote). The lyrics don't make sense at face value sometimes, and all the lyrics are followed by notes and even those notes are explained (Certain parts should be in "sarcastic font") but together with the music they become singalong indie-pop/HC nerd anthems. Mixing these subjects with Armalite members' unique brand of humor and sarcasm (Influences? "None. We live in orbs." Sounds like? "The audio version of video version of us playing") is what makes these songs work and makes books out of sentence fragments, expanding on the basic lyric/music style of Atom and His Package.
As Atom says in the notes to When Nice People Think Dumb Things, Attack, And Vote--about how many people aren't good critical thinkers and tend to swallow soundbites--"Professor Figgy Newton's studies at the University have found that, undoubtedly, writing punk rock songs and liner notes is the most productive approach to combating this problem." Armalite is doing their part to make the music world, at least, a safer place.
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