About A Million

 

About A Million hails from the tiny city of Coatesville, PA. To say this band is unique would be putting it lightly, there are so many things going on in this band it's hard to pick a place to start; To start I feel like I should mention that this is a family band. Family bands aren't all too common when thinking about songs of this style. I'd compare them to something like twee, jangle with a mix of Alex G. and garage. 

Going back to the family band point, this band consists of the Leitch siblings, the siblings being.

Scotty Leitch, Anthony Leitch, Kyle Leitch & Jessica Leitch. some of these names might sound familiar, primarily Anthony and Scotty due to their other side projects. Scotty has been featured on my blog before under the band "Pirouette" but is now better known as "Shelf Life". If you haven't yet listened to Pirouette I recommend you do so ASAP.

The "albums" I'm sharing today I forgot I had and can't find anything about them online at all, nothing, 0, zip, nada. The reason why I call these songs "albums" is because I would consider these more of something like home recordings and demos more than full fledged albums, these don't even have album art or lyrics which is why I'm borrowing the photos from the bands facebook which also does not have much info about that band but I digress. 

as well as not knowing much about the recordings or having album art / lyrics, I also don't have any release dates for any of these albums but I'm guessing maybe around 2003/4? sometime before pirouette but I could be wrong entirely. Regardless I hope you enjoy these long lost tracks.

DREAMING IN A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE

1) Gentile Rubber

 2) Hallucination

3) It's called well love 

4) Plastic Black 

5) Since We've Been Apart

6) Something About Hannah

7) Surviving a Plane Crash

8) The Stereo Had it Cumming

9) This Cocoon is Cacomfortable

10) His Girl Fridays

11) In Our Dreams

12) Nah, I Think I'll Just Go Home

13) The Yearbook That Gave Birth To The Dictionary

14) Krystal Boll

15) Matt's Black Haircut

16) Technilogical Composure (bass) 

Man Made of Paper

1) Air

2) Dirty Mafia

3) Drunken Spaceship

4) Last Chances are Hard to Breathe Without Anyone

5) Man Made of Paper

6) Oh

7) You Gotta Know

Don't let our chord break

1) 12 year old with aids

2) Don't Give Me That

3) I CAN'T BE FREE

4) She Won't Say Anything

5) Since We've Been Apart (Acoustic Version)

6) Something Random Something Weird

7) The Truth

8) You were telling the truth

9) All the hours

10) Animals eating animals

11) Cars are retro

12) His girl friday1

13) I Hate Breathing

14) Lullaby

15) Makeout session with the enemy (4 Miles Ago)

16) Makes Sense

17) My Only Friend

18) She won't say anythingg

19) Techincal Difficulties 

20) The Jealous Sound

Wolf Pacts

 

"Wolf Pacts formed in late 2010 in Palmerston North, they consisted of Dion (Sets of 57) on drums, Alex (Mega Sneak) On Vocals and Jake on Bass. They played fast and noisey party songs, released a demo and played a few handfuls of shows before splitting amongst a large amount of small town drama."

- Last.FM

Not much out there about this band but they played a fuzzy garage punk sound with low quality recordings, sounds like a lot of the mid 2000's DIY stuff that people are after, so give it a listen.

Wolf Pacts (2011 Demo) 

1) Intro

2) Computers

3) Society

4) B+V

5) Ghettonomics

6) Outro

Krill

 

KRILL FOREVER KRILL FOREVER KRILL FOREVER

Krill was a punk / post punk / DIY / fucking awesome band formed in 2010 and ending in 2015 with the band members as follows: Jonah Furman - Vocals / bass, Aaron Ratoff - Guitar, and Luke Pyenson - Drums.

I can't tell you how much I love and admire this band, these guys did DIY the right way, making music that is meaningful and thought provoking through ear blasting music that hits you in your chest, they also donated to multiple non profits throughout the band's lifetime and are advocates for equality and it shows through their lyrics as well as their actions.

these guys unfortunately broke up in 2015 as said above but they are still Boston legends and have a huge cult following surrounding them. I can't remember off the top of my head too much info about the members besides the obvious one that Jonah is the younger brother of Ezra Furman (yes the one you're thinking of), Ezra Furman of Ezra Furman and the Harpoons which is another phenomenal band I most likely won't be covering on this blog. Luke Pyenson is now the drummer of Frankie Cosmos which is notable and also cool.

below I'm including Krill's Discography as well as a spotify link to their new band "Knot" which shares the same members, with the exception of Luke.

Enjoy! Especially Lucky Leaves which is my fav album by them; and don't forget ....

KRILL FOREVER KRILL FOREVER KRILL FOREVER KRILL FOREVER

Alam no Hris (2012)

1. Dumbass In A Pair Of Shorts

2. Piranha Girl

3. 32 Teeth

4. Kyle

5. Solitaire

6. Slug

7. Kissipaw

8. I Am The Cherry

9. Sick Dogs (For Jake)

10. Self-Hate Will Be The Death Of Youth Culture

11. Wet Dog

12. Coolant

13. Maximal Being

Lucky Leaves (2013)

1. Theme From Krill

2. Never A Joke

3. Sick Dogs (For Ian)

4. Purity Of Heart

5. This Morning

6. My Boy

7. Opressor

8. Street Level

9. Tetherball

10. Infinite Power

11. Theme From Kill (Reprise)

Steve Hears Pile in Malden And Bursts Into Tears (2014)

1. Steve Hears Pile in Malden And Bursts Into Tears

2. Sweet Death

3. Turd

4. Unbounded Nameless Future

5. Fresh Pond

Krill / LVL UP/ Ovlov/ Radiator Hospital (2014 split)

1. Krill - Peanut Butter

2. LVL UP - Big Snow

3. Ovlov - Ohmu Shell

4. Radiator Hospital - Half Empty

5. Radiator Hospital - Now & Then

WOBC - LFSB 013: Krill (Live album 2014)

1. Steve Hears Pile in Malden And Bursts Into Tears

2. Sweet Death

3. Turd

4. Unbounded Nameless Future

5. Fresh Pond

A Distant Fist Unclenching (2015)

1. Phantom 

2. Foot

3. Fly

4. Torturer

5. Tiger

6. Mom

7. Squirrels

8. Brain Problems

9. It Ends

Krill (2016)

1. Meat 

2. Jubilee

3. The Void

4. Happy 

5. Billy

Songs Of Solidarity (Compilation) (2020)

1. Becky (previously unreleased Krill song)

Bandcamp

Spotify

Knot Bandcamp (new band

Knot Spotify 

Dazey and The Scouts

 

 

"Dazey and the Scouts started off as nothing more than an ephemeral live set phenomenon. Whispers of their performative glory wafted amidst Boston punks’ cigarette smoke; far off-cries of F***, Marry, Kill were heard emanating from a nearby basement. In answering the studio-dweller’s inquiry as to who this unapologetically third-wave feminist four piece was and what they sounded like.

austin corona - drums

lea jaffe - vocals, guitar

otto klammer - vocals, bass

brennan wedl - vocals, guitar" - LastFM

I got into these guys sometime around 2018 if I remember right, they were exactly what I needed, punk / garage sounds and vocals plus lyrics that don't take themselves too seriously; lyrically they remind me of some music you make with your friends to pass the time; kinda like Rozwell kid imo but I know that isn't even close to describe them.

I don't know much about them as they made an album and left almost right after (in typical DIY fashion), the only things I do know are Austin (drums) was in a Santa Cruz, Ca band called "Subpar" (small world) and is making lofi music under the name "Lilacs", as for the other members they all have either solo projects or full band projects with sporadic releases, I might add their solo projects later but I just wanted to get this post out ASAP

I hope to have these guys perform soon again live, FUCK 2020 WE WANT HOUSE SHOWS!

Favorite Track : Wet

Maggot (2017)

1. Groan

2. Wet

3. James Deen You Let Us Down

4. Sad Boys

5. Maggot

6. Sweet Cis Teen

7. Nice Nice

Teenage Cool Kids

"Teenage Cool Kids were an Indie rock/Punk Rock band from Denton, Texas.

The band started in summer 2006 by Andrew Savage, later joined by Daniel Zeigler whom Savage met while attending the University of North Texas in Denton. The bands earlier material, from the self-released demo and "Remember Me as a Silhouette" 7", was lo-fi, poppy and often compared to early '90s indie rock. The band's first full length was Queer Salutations, released in 2007. Shortly after the release of Queer Salutations the band embarked on its first tour. The band is decidedly DIY, keeping all recording, songwriting, booking and visual art within the band. Teenage Cool Kids spent much of 2008 touring the United States and recording their next album. In 2009 the band was issued a cease and desist by Chicago hip-hop duo The Cool Kids over alleged trade mark infringement. The dispute ended with a settlement initiated by the Cool Kids. The dispute delayed the band's second LP release by several months, but in June 2009 Foreign Lands was released by Protagonist Music."

- Last Fm

This. Band. Shreds, extremely underrated; FFO indie, alt rock

Teenage Cool Kids - Demo (2007)

1. List

2. I Watched the Clock Turn 5 AM

3. Reasons Why

4. Dimestore Camera

5. Bedtime Stories

6. Find Out

7. Self Abuse

Remember Me As A Silhouette (2007)

1. Down The Street

2. Bedtime Stories

3. Abbreviated Smile

4. Find Out

Queer Salutations (2007)

1. Queer Salutations

2. Awkward Type Of Girl

3. Sleeper Hold

4. Reasons Why

5. Excursion Into Philosophy

6. Write Back Soon

7. Crowd Aggravation

8. Self Abuse

9. Prose

10. Total Babe

11. Tryna Decide

Speaking In Tongues (2009)

1. Speaking In Tongues

2. Crucial Talk

Foreign Lands (2009)

1. Reservoir Feeling

2. Tilting at Windmills

3. Exile In La Mancha

4. Foreign Lands

5. Crossing The Desert As A Stream

6. Speaking In Tongues

7. Prison Sermons

8. Half Eaten Cake

9. Art School Anarchist

10. Calm Me Down

11. Skinny Girls

12. Animal Sounds

Denton After Sunset (2011)

1. Denton After Sunset

2. Kachina Doll

3. Landlocked State

4. No Fragments Reach

5. Zealous Convert

6. Thousands

7. Volvo To A Kiss

8. Beg To Differ

9. Beyond The Grasp of Guilt 

The I in Irony / Floral Tattoo split

"In 2015, Alex Anderson (drummer of Woodinville sludge metal project Darkmysticwoods) decided it was time for a change of pace. They started writing material based on their love for music like AJJ, Joyce Manor, and Bomb The Music Industry!, combining a confessional and heartbreaking lyrical style with the punk stylings of their teenage years. They began playing as Floral Tattoo, naming themselves after a Spotify playlist of a friend's. After leaving the Seattle area and moving to Chico, CA, they continued to write and play shows as Floral Tattoo, eventually moving back to Washington. They then formed a full-electric Floral Tattoo band - featuring Nico Pellowski on bass, Christian Taylor on drums, and Gwen Power as a multi-instrumentalist. The songs became augmented in a way they never had before, combining the previous songs with emo, dream pop, and shoegaze influence. They would record their debut album, "Approaching Bearable", in the late fall of 2017 and release it the following March.

-Last FM"

https://floraltattoo.bandcamp.com/

I don't have much information or a write up on Dan, except that he's a kind talented person and still continues to make music now, you can support him here

https://theiinirony.bandcamp.com/

This post is gonna be a strange one. I was going through some old Cds for things to share and I came across this split of The I in Irony / Floral Tattoo, I don't remember much about this CD except that I had enjoyed it decided to preserve it in my "special" CD collection. If I'm remembering correctly I met Dan ( The I in Irony) as he was touring through the west coast with I think Stick and Poke (another well known folk punk band), the important part to note was that Floral Tattoo wasn't on the bill, I remember there being a grand total of about six? people in the audience and I might have some photos if I look particularly hard, on an old hard drive; regardless the bands played a great show and I don't even remember having to pay admission as I was one of the few there, I had asked dan if he had any merch so I could help support him on the tour to which he said he had none, but he did have some CDs that he and i'm assuming a friend (possibly floral tattoo) did the artwork for themselves, I distinctly remember buying about 5? CDs as he was selling them cheap (Whooo DIY!) and I had also thought it was cool how they all had different designs making them each unique and exclusive, but for some reason I could only find 2 of the 5 which i'm including as alternate album art if you're into that kinda thing, I also don't see this CD listed anywhere for sale so maybe I have the only ones? who knows. long story short it's some good ol' folk punk if you needed something new to listen to instead of AJJ or the Ramshackle Glory.

The I In Irony / Floral Tattoo (2017)

1. Floral Tattoo - Death By Minimum Wage

2. Floral Tattoo - What? Why? Where

3. Floral Tattoo - 14 Days

4. The I in Irony - Double Song

5.The I in Irony - Five Nothing

6. The I in Irony - Nicky Cage Rides Again!

The album itself is free through what I am assuming is a now defunct label called PuckWudgie Music, if you wanted to support either artist featured on this label I suggest using their bandcamp links above but if you want to buy this to add to your bandcamp collection, that can be done here:

https://puckwudgiemusic.bandcamp.com/

Alternate Art: