Against Me! - New Wave

thing is, I don't think he's quite closed off that chapter of that life yet. he doesn't have as much distance from that period as he would like himself or you to believe. "I've got no judgment for you/come on an ache with me." he's exhausted his veins, but he's still open - if someone were to come along and revitalize his prior leanings, I don't doubt he'd join in.

This record is an absolute monster. Now my favorite is Spanish Moss.

HIGH PRESSURE LOW

There's just no future left for us to dream of
Living in an era of instability
So caught up in the culture of their rivals
Fear breeds in honest men
It's a high pressure low
It's a high pressure low

like, this is the fucking shit here

as a chorus

My favorite part of that song:

Would anyone forgive Robert McNamara?
In retrospect he had to admit;
There was mistake in going to war without first asking all the questions.
Yes, Robert Strange McNamara,

Yes, Robert Strange McNamara

want to get up and dance & sing along to this even though I'm at work

It's probably my favorite record of the year so far. Right now my favorite is Spanish Moss. Hard to believe this record doesn't have its own thread, but it's too late now.

To me, this band is so much better now than they were starting out.

What god doesn't give to you, you've gotta go get for yourself

still one of the best

Yessir.

no fuckin joke

Were supposed to be doing a UK tour next month until it was cancelled with no explanation. Hope all is well with them.

Best record of 2010. It's kind of lame that it doesn't have its own thread.

I just saw the video for "Teenage Anarchist" thought it was excellent. Lyrically better than anything in its class that I've heard.

"You're getting messed up with the wrong guys/You're getting messed up on the wrong drugs/Sometimes your body takes you places/That you didn't really plan on goin" has always struck me as a very Craig Finn-y line. The whole song in its way has that classic rock feel to it, but that line sounds like it coulda come right off Separation Sunday.

also the high note on "they don't know nothin about redemption" always makes me lose my shit

hoos did you ever get into early AM!

I like Eternal Cowboy a lot but Axl Rose still hasn't really grabbed me yet

also i think i want to send the lyrics to "piss and vinegar" to everyone on the occupydc discussion list

man hoos I feel like I don't know you anymore

this is actually my favorite against me! record

maybe i am wrong to interpret "borne on the fm waves of the heart" as a song about social anxiety disorder but it is sincerely the best song about that, if it is

man hoos I feel like I don't know you anymore

― ASPIE Rocky (dayo), Monday, November 7, 2011 5:36 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark

lol how u mean

maybe i am wrong to interpret "borne on the fm waves of the heart" as a song about social anxiety disorder but it is sincerely the best song about that, if it is

― mutant slow drum (BradNelson), Monday, November 7, 2011 5:37 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark

yah i've always heard it as kinda "summer lovin" + s.a.d.

hah as an early AM! fan I always felt that the band peaked with axl rose - when eternal cowboy first came out man you would not believe the backlash

it's only with white crosses that they've been winning me back

so to hear you rep for everything except the classic!

*moshes by myself*

yah nah i mean

i kinda came up on nasally anarcho-folk like david rovics and the people who turned into riot folk so i kinda got my fill of the folk-beat kinda thing, even if it was plugged in? idk

all that said, thinking about david rovics has made me wanna hear him again and goddamn as sorta annoying he can be with his bathos (how many songs about dead palestinian kids do you need?) and his weird al-esque voice, hearing stuff like "berkshire hills" and "we are everywhere" is really fucking me up with the way the sentiments about struggle are landing close to home.

hey hoos do u fuck w/ folks like Robert Hoyt and Jim Page too?

I recently went on a big early Against Me kick, I love that Crimethinc EP w/ "Les Paul cursed my dirty callused fingers"

crimes as forgiven by?

the early acoustic EPs are maybe my favorite AM! product

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPAgL3J_dvc

^ used to listen to this in college a lot and it just got me all choked up at my desk

really I'm just surprised that tom can sing after so many years of touring. he must have vocal chords made out of six pack plastic rings.

oh yah dayo you're right about the name, don't know why I thought it was on Crimethinc label.

wow didn't really expect AM to get ILX love. This has made me happy.

Acoustic EPs are great btw

hey hoos do u fuck w/ folks like Robert Hoyt and Jim Page too?

i have never heard of these dudes! but will have to check them out fo sho

I never heard of this band until New Wave. The earlier stuff sounds like an entirely different band. I like the slick radio-friendly version of the band infinitely better than the acoustic songs about anarchists.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tom-gabel-of-against-me-comes-out-as-transgender-20120508

Very, very happy with the positive response to this. Good on her, good on Against Me! fans.

From the Against Me! forum, i.e.:

I am so so so proud of her. As soon as I read the article I ran downstairs and told my transgender sibling to google the article, and then we hugged and yelled (because this is so fantastic and yaaay). It's so important that everybody, I mean everybody here who cares about her to be unwavering in our support and not let anyone get away with any bullshit.
I am literally the happiest person. I love her so goddamn much.

+1

very cool, I saw a headline at some mainstream news site before I realized what this revive was about.

Bold, brave move and I applaud it. And I'm glad initial fan reaction is warm.

Still, Against Me! is absolutely not my bag.

the status update via queer bashback that i caught this on was "good for you. you're still a fucking sellout." puro smh

guilty lol @ that

this made my day! awesome all around

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxNRia5f7yY

maybe my fav AM! song ever? maybe their most intimate, and that's no easy feat

Wow. That is truly surprising.

I tried getting into their early music, can't do it. But I love the last 2 records, the slick radio-friendly ones. I wish more bands would sell out that well.

I guess the lyrics to "The Ocean" stuck with me, because my first thought after hearing this was

If I could have chosen, I would have been born a woman
My mother once told me she would have named me Laura

So finding out she's naming herself Laura is neat.

good on her!

the status update via queer bashback that i caught this on was "good for you. you're still a fucking sellout." puro smh

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, May 9, 2012 5:39 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark

this is fucking hilarious, i love it.

I guess the lyrics to "The Ocean" stuck with me, because my first thought after hearing this was

/If I could have chosen, I would have been born a woman
My mother once told me she would have named me Laura /

So finding out she's naming herself Laura is neat.
--C-L

I'd never caught those lines before, wow. Was also thinking that in the context of a struggle for gender identity "against me!" has much richer (sadder?) meaning.