I COULD GO ON AND START A CONGA LINE

Pissed Jeans - "False Jesii Part 2"

This band essentially has only one song in their repetoire, and liking it depends on how funny you think pathetic self-loathing can be--Pissed Jeans happen to think that it is the zenith of hilarity. They've been dwelling on it for three whole albums now. A lot of people say they sound like Flipper...and while there is a little bit of sonic similarity, I think the two bands' attitudes are unmistakably different. The inheritor of Flipper's cynical soul is obviously Clockcleaner. Clockcleaner and Flipper are funny, sure, but in a rueful way. They make me grimace.

Pissed Jeans, on the other hand, make me grin. They're like an inside joke for people who have been depressed, and who therefore know just how ridiculous being depressed can be. "I COULD PUT ON A TIGHT BLACK SHIRT...BUT I DON'T BOTHER! AIAIAIAIAIAGH!" Matt Korvette's giant baby shtick backed by shambling sludge riffs is a good combo...Tantrum-rock. The band's one-dimensionality is also a weakness though; they work best one or two songs at a time, and so their albums tend to drag. The bonus points they get for being from Allentown PA is enough to balance that out, however.