Modern Baseball recently revealed that their new album Holy Ghost would be out May 13th via Run For Cover, and now they’ve announced a tour in support of it. It’s a great triple bill, with Joyce Manor and Thin Lips joining on all dates.Modern Baseball – Holy Ghost will be released 13th May 2016. Pre-orders including CD, Vinyl, Cassette, and bundles can be purchased on the Run For Cover Records
The Perfect Cast may not be treading any new ground — it’s six catchy punk songs from a band that has already proven over two albums that they’re great at constructing them — but it’s so relentless in its hook-filled approach that it’s impossible not to smile and nod along. Even when Modern Baseball deal with heavy topics like depression and anxiety and feeling like you’re not always all there, they do so with curiosity, verve, and breakneck lyricism. “Can you sing it with your friends, or alone?” they ask in a particularly bitter moment. The answer is both, and thank the Holy Ghost for that.
The Philly band’s new EP was merely supposed to be a surprise and now it’s become a decorated trailer for LP #3. Over six songs, Modern Baseball take on grey days (“…And Beyond”) and greyer weeks (“Infinity Exposed”), but it’s the way they deal with it all — cornering the heavy topics so they can be outfitted with hooks, verve, and a comforting sense of purpose
Modern Baseball – “You’re Gonna Miss It All” on Run For Cover Records many times have I made “Oh, I know this exact feeling” while listening through You’re Gonna Miss it All. , I too have chosen to stay home alone on Friday night. It’s a testament to Jake Ewald and Brendan Lukens’ songwriting when they’re so capable of tapping into such specific moments of young adulthood. It’s a period of life that is often overlooked and scoffed at, but Modern Baseball contextualizes fretful youth and anxious confusion — through quirky, poppy, punky songs — into a thing of beauty. Run For Cover are fast becoming one of my favourite labels.
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