{"id":4026,"date":"2015-11-19T14:07:49","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T19:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=4026"},"modified":"2015-12-01T14:10:15","modified_gmt":"2015-12-01T19:10:15","slug":"beach-slang-the-things-we-do-to-find-people-who-feel-like-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/beach-slang-the-things-we-do-to-find-people-who-feel-like-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Beach Slang <br>The Things We Do to Find People Who Feel Like Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/beach_slang-the_things_we_do.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4027\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/beach_slang-the_things_we_do.jpg\" alt=\"Beach Slang, The Things We Do to Find People Who Feel Like Us\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/beach_slang-the_things_we_do.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/beach_slang-the_things_we_do-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>Records like the one Beach Slang recently released, <i>The Things We Do to Find People Who Feel Like Us<\/i> (Polyvinyl Records), are few and far between in contemporary rock. Like on their preceding EPs, here Beach Slang generates a feeling\u00a0comparable to the first pulsing strums of Japandroids\u2019 debut full-length or that very first \u201cfuck you\u201d from Patrick Stickles on Titus Andronicus\u2019 <i>The Airing of Grievances<\/i>. Like such contemporaries, Beach Slang is unabashedly anthemic and genuine, and on this, their first LP, they promote nothing more than just being alive\u2014and that\u2019s exactly what makes it so spectacular.<\/p>\n<p>When you hear Beach Slang, you hear the authenticity of frontman James Alex, who sings and writes like his heartstrings are being pulled incessantly. One would think this would yield cringe-worthy results, but because Alex wears his heart so heavily on his sleeve, it is easy to empathize\u00a0and wish you were as honest with yourself as he is. Perhaps what\u2019s most impressive is feeling this way after just 10 songs, the majority of which hardly differentiate from each other stylistically and feature a purpose or lyric focused on joie de vivre. (Specifically, see \u201cYoung and Alive,\u201d \u201cRide the Wild Haze,\u201d and \u201cNoisy Heaven.\u201d) It\u2019s refreshing to find a songwriter not letting a fear of redundancy get in the way of what he wants to say.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s likely on acoustic centerpiece \u201cToo Late to Die Young\u201d that we find the best example of Beach Slang\u2019s characteristic earnestness. Having played a major role in \u201990s pop-punk band Weston, Alex\u2019s closer to middle-aged than college-aged, but he still sounds youthfully optimistic as he delivers never-give-up, stand-up-for-the punks platitudes over soft strumming and a subtle string arrangement. \u201cThe punks are wired and these records feel tough,\u201d he sings. \u201cIt&#8217;s loud and wild, but I swear it feels soft.\u201d Again, for everything we\u2019ve heard before on this album, Alex finds a unique lyrical niche that is remarkably relatable for anyone that&#8217;s ever looked for a good reason to be keep on keeping on, which I imagine is most people<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Records like the one Beach Slang recently released are few and far between in contemporary rock. 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