This was a great rabbit hole. I’m old enough to have caught the first wave of emo in the mid-90s, so I have opinions but none are immediately helpful or interesting. I think it’s safe to say that latter-day FOB is kind of on a level with the Democratic National Committee ... so drawing a very tangential Biden connection here. They both l…
This was a great rabbit hole. I’m old enough to have caught the first wave of emo in the mid-90s, so I have opinions but none are immediately helpful or interesting. I think it’s safe to say that latter-day FOB is kind of on a level with the Democratic National Committee ... so drawing a very tangential Biden connection here. They both look and sound passable from afar ... like hearing a song in the mall, or catching a sound bite on CNN ... it’s inoffensive and you can bob your head. But when you get close and scrutinize ... not so much (what was “Uma Thurman,” anyway? Definitely a Frankenstein of a song, and not in the good, Edgar Winter, way.) I am not slagging the band in its entirety. FOB’s run through Infinity On High is especially strong: three great records front to back.
This was a great rabbit hole. I’m old enough to have caught the first wave of emo in the mid-90s, so I have opinions but none are immediately helpful or interesting. I think it’s safe to say that latter-day FOB is kind of on a level with the Democratic National Committee ... so drawing a very tangential Biden connection here. They both look and sound passable from afar ... like hearing a song in the mall, or catching a sound bite on CNN ... it’s inoffensive and you can bob your head. But when you get close and scrutinize ... not so much (what was “Uma Thurman,” anyway? Definitely a Frankenstein of a song, and not in the good, Edgar Winter, way.) I am not slagging the band in its entirety. FOB’s run through Infinity On High is especially strong: three great records front to back.