{"id":50824,"date":"2016-10-18T14:04:05","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T19:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=50824"},"modified":"2016-10-17T14:06:37","modified_gmt":"2016-10-17T19:06:37","slug":"beach-slang-a-loud-bash-of-teenage-feelings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2016\/10\/18\/beach-slang-a-loud-bash-of-teenage-feelings\/","title":{"rendered":"Beach Slang: A Loud Bash of Teenage Feelings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium alignright wp-image-50825\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/a1153972391_10_opt.jpg?fit=300%2C300\" alt=\"a1153972391_10_opt\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/a1153972391_10_opt.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/a1153972391_10_opt-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/a1153972391_10_opt-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Beach Slang is one of those bands that nostalgically and dearly holds onto the sometimes-conflicting emotions and ideals associated with youth: freedom and desperation, recklessness and safety, passion and indifference \u2013 the list goes on. What James Alex (vocalists, guitarist, and primary songwriter) and co. do is use different characters and stories to put these emotions and ideals on a pedestal. Basically, imagine what it would sound like listening to a Richard Linklater film and you\u2019re getting close.<\/p>\n<p>While last year\u2019s <em>The Things We Do to Find People Like Us<\/em> was strong start to finish, <em>A Loud Bash of Teenage Feelings<\/em> lacks on certain songs. Many of the tracks on <em>Loud Bash<\/em> seem like there was not a lot of thought that went into the songwriting process. The first two tracks, \u201cFuture Mixtape for the Art Kids\u201d and \u201cAtom Bomb\u201d, are examples of this. However, by the time \u201cHot Tramps\u201d rolls around, the rest of the album is just as stellar as <em>The Things<\/em> was.<\/p>\n<p>The most obvious influence on Beach Slang is The Replacements. There have been various nods to The Replacements in Beach Slang\u2019s music and lyrics (the opening guitar riff of \u201cPunks in the Disco Bar\u201d is awfully reminiscent of \u201cBastards of Young\u201d by The Replacements). However, it is apparent from the interviews and the music itself that Alex and co. are not even attempting to hide their influences. In fact, Alex regularly makes playlists of his influences for his fans\u2019 pleasure.<\/p>\n<p>Alex\u2019s lyrics are heavy with metaphors and similes: \u201cpalms like boxing mitts\u201d, \u201ceyelashes shine like plastic diamonds\u201d, and \u201cmouth\u2026like a pile of sirens\u201d. The lyrics come in bits and pieces, but create vivid images that can help one piece together characters and scenes.<\/p>\n<p>In Alex\u2019s Facebook posts for the band, he often waxes poetic about playing music for outcasts \u2013 people who feel like they don\u2019t belong anywhere. His earnestness is unashamed, enviable, and unique in a cultural climate that is cynical and filled to the brim with irony. Beach Slang is just doing what they love, and that\u2019s all that matters.<br \/>\n<b><br \/>\nRecommended If You Like: The Replacements, The Hold Steady, Japandroids, Jawbreaker<br \/>\nRecommended Tracks: 6 (Punks in the Disco Bar), 7 (Wasted Daze of Youth), 5 (Hot Tramps), #3 (Spin the Dial),<br \/>\nDo Not Play: 1 (Future Mixtape for the Art Kids), 2 (Atom Bomb), 6 (Punks in the Disco Bar), 10 (Warpaint)<br \/>\nWritten by Josh Gaston on 10\/10\/2016 <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earnest rockers Beach Slang want to be the soundtrack to your best night<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6019,"featured_media":50825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[181],"tags":[5751,4086,5752],"class_list":["post-50824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rock-rotation","tag-beach-slang","tag-josh-gaston","tag-teenage-feelings"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/a1153972391_10_opt.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6019"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}