Philadelphia’s Beach Slang seem to exist in a state of constant tumult A breakdown a break up on stage was soon followed by assurances to the contrary that was soon followed by a band member leaving . During a tense and volatile set in Salt Lake City, frontman James Alex declared the band over on stage. Guitars were thrown, words were exchanged and the whole thing was posted on the internet within minutes. “It was a molehill that became a mountain,” Alex says sheepishly.
As far as I’m concerned it would be a true goddamn shame if Beach Slang were to break up right now, having seen them perform a storming set at the Bodega in nottingham just a few weeks ago , The Band are making some really great rock music, and it would be a shame to lose that. But the band chaos is oddly consistent with the lineage into which Beach Slang have inserted themselves. This is exactly how the Replacements behaved at their own artistic peak (it’s no accident that the Replacements’ 1985 live album was titled The Shit Hits The Fans. And yeah, you can hear plenty of Westerberg in “Punks In A Disco Bar,” but you’re missing out if you think Beach Slang are just replicating the Replacements. There’s a whole history of anthemic guitar-rock written into this thing . The song’s title sounds like a scene from Richard Linklater’s “Everybody Wants Some” .
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