PISSED JEANS

3.5 stars from Rolling Stone? Sub Pop what have you done to the jeans???? (Haven't heard the album yet, waiting to pick it up tomorrow)

so these guys are playing in Baltimore this friday at "The Bank". problem is i've never heard of "The Bank" and google's turning up zilch. can any Baltimoreans help me out here?

Am I wrong in thinking that these guys are not to be taken seriously, ina Mclusky sort of way? Not as witty, to be sure, but "Scrapbooking" is funnier than anything on that last Art Brut record.

I was thinking that "The Bank" was that place on the corner of Eutaw and Baltimore but then I realized that that used to be called "The Vault" and is something else now so it just had me confused. Now I have no idea where "The Bank" is but I feel like I've walked past it at some point. Jess?

I've never heard Pissed Jeans but I was going to try to check out that show for one of the local openers.

"not to be taken seriously" is a v. problematic turn of phrase but I *think* you have the right idea

nevermind, I found the address:
The Bank
2013 Frederick Ave.

yeah it's on the westside

i will be there will bells on

sweet, 69 and i gonna rock this shit out

whole lineup is A+++ really

I take Pissed Jeans very seriously.

I take them seriously in the sense that they're a great noisy rock band (again, similar to my appreciation for Mclusky), but I think their lyrics are plainly tongue-in-cheek most of the time. I mean, "I've Still Got You (Ice Cream)", c'mon.

take them seriously it's total retard rock are you people british?

I don't know, I think the lyrics are supposed to be an actual reflection of the kinds of things that desperate men cling to. I like the vocals a lot.
Ice Cream is my favorite song.

excellent point, now let's deconstruct "dick in one hand" by drunks w/ guns.

also, pj much more enjoyable live than on record. I was so-so on them till I saw 'em live.

x-p

I think there's some truth in it for sure, I just happen to think that the juxtoposition of the "pained" vocal delivery with the (relatively) small-stake subject matter is more funny than insightful. I don't think there's anything wrong with that.

yeah they are so great live and c. 3ddy o_O like usual. singer = hotttt

O.G. pigfuckers should not be expected to dig this shit. I do, but I was going to daycare in 1985. I bet plenty of fans weren't even born.

I can't imagine anybody thinks this is an IMPROVEMENT on the first time 'round.

"o.g.," lol

pigfuck 4 lyfe

take them seriously it's total retard rock are you people british?

-- Edward III, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 18:27 (Wednesday, 11 July 2007 18:27) Bookmark Link

i still like this but yeah after awhile "Scrapbooking" really become irritating...i love the lyrics....the jogger is way better for the offspeed/changeup talking shit.

still this is pretty epic. i take them seriously. it's seriously good.

Like Hope for Men, don't love it. In part, that's cuz it's only about 1/10th as entertaining as the live show. But it's also less surprising, funny, rocking, noisy than I'd have liked. An good record that's just shy of something great.

LOL at dudes throwing down about pigfuck bands' lyrics and vocal delivery. it's ugly and stupid, SOOPRISE!? it's also (fucking obviously) no Flipper or Jesus Lizard or Whatever, but it's probably the most satisfying approximation floating around right now.

so these dudes are playing at a more familiar Baltimore establishment, the Ottobar, with Black Dice headlining on November 19th. I'll actually be attending this one!

"I've got something to tell you
I hope you don't take it wrong
Well you've got a secret admirer
And I think he's singin' a song
Yeah, he's a mysterious guy alright
I'll give you a clue who it is
And I'll throw in a couple of guesses
He's in the music biz
Oh, he keeps his tongue tied
And he's really shy
But none of that means that he's a bad guy
I'm pretty sure he sees you on weekdays
When you're walking home from work
He looks out of his window
So he can't act like a jerk
And he's figured out what car you drive
Not totally sure what house is yours
He doesn't know what he's truly looking for
But he's gonna give/get(?) it

I've got something to tell you
I'm not trying to be a creep
One day i'll be in your driveway
Singin "AYAI AYAI AYAIYAIIIII"

I've got something to tell you
I'm not tryin to be a jerk
Well one day i'll be in your driveway
Singin' "hey hey laida HAEAEAYYYY!"

the lyrics i do understand i actually like. kinda Twee meets Pigfuck. where else can you hear genuine noisefuck odes to scrapbooking and icecream?

Hearing dude talk about his digital watch and stuff is like watching True Stories in slo-mo. LOL THE BANALITY OF MODERN EXISTENCE

YEAH THEY SHOULD SING ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS!!!11!

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/07/pissed_jeans_are_the_true_heir.html

^^^haha totally missed this at the time, I guess we all did