Problem Child

Modern Dumbass cassette
and a picture Tea took at their last show

Problem Child were a fuzzy punk band from Miami

They took the band as a joke apparently

but sounded better than any joke i could tell

The first time i saw them the vocalist played in their underwear

tore up a rose

smashed a bunch of glass

and had better stage presence than anyone i had ever seen

they were being what every edgy subversive loser thinks they are

when they act stupid

only it worked

I only saw them one other time

it was their last show

to which the whole band was relieved

i think they felt a joke got taken seriously

and that made it all unfunny

and unfun

the vocalist untied my shoes during the set

and still killed it

i'm a loser for saying it

but i think they're the closest to nirvana i'm going to see

just the lack of caring about what goes on

was cool

sounded incredible too

weird guitar riffs and catchy bass

and some drums

and the yelled vocals

i didn't know what the lyrics were until i went home and read everything on their bandcamp

good shit

happiness is my favorite song

makes me want to write things differently

sometimes it does hurt to try

Early Grace

Been feeling weird lately, attempted to post some stuff but felt dumb when i began to type

i'm moving home in a month and gearing up to finally move to philadelphia where

i'm going to start a new band

unless i pull something new out of my ass, all of the fei lung songs that will ever be written

are done

and that makes me emotional

anyway

Early Grace were a fucking solid emo/hardcore band from tampa,

yeah, i know, another florida band

i think shitty environments breed incredible music

florida fucking sucks

i found the self titled 7" at Steelworker Records a little while back

they go from sounding like broken hearts are blue to joshua fit for battle in a matter of seconds

sort of reminds me of neil perry

for the longest damn time i thought early grace was the band that became i have dreams, but i now know through numerous conversational fumbles that the predecessor to i have dreams was new ethic

and not early grace

i think i have dreams are overrated anyway (i really did try to like that band)

early grace have a 12" called "and all i run into are walls you have built" 

that features some stunning clean vocals on a song called "division"

as i listen more and more i can hear a similar sound in owltian mia

 (i should do an owltian mia post)

early grace also had a split with cave in

early grace are really fucking good and you should listen to them

i can't find a download anywhere but god do i want one, i'm gonna pester people on facebook and i'll get back to ya'll if i'm blessed with one

and all i run into are walls you have built 12"

s/t 7"

to make up of my lack of a download, here's a live video

Cowboys Became Folk Heroes

what a sweet looking guitar

The past however many days have sucked, got a speeding ticket, owe a lot of money, like a full week of work, not getting my student loans, depression, creative slump, you know the deal

let's talk about some good ol' FLORIDA EMO to get me feeling again

I found out about Cowboys Become Folk Heroes through an article about the top 10 best screamo bands from Florida, I was expecting bullshit like A Day To Remember and was pleasantly surprised, here's a link if you're interested

TEN BEST SCREAMO BANDS FROM FLORIDA

Cowboys Became Folk Heroes were a band that began in 1999 in Lakeland, Florida, the only other good thing to come out of Lakeland is Publix, a chain of supermarkets that's only good for their chicken tender subs, other than that, fuck that conservative ass place, no employee discount

(i used to work there, i'd know)

they toured with Latterman and Bright Calm Blue and played shows with about every one of your favorite emo bands, they're criminally underrated, 

I think they also toured with Welcome The Plague Year, hugs, the fiction, and transistor transistor.

They were very young when they played and toured, 17, 18, 19.

I think reading their discography record insert made me want to play in a band and tour more than anything else. 

Nevin from Jiyuna/Autarkeia/Merkit/Plural Being/IFB Records wrote the script on the jacket. which i found out when i met him and started talking about Florida emo bands i enjoyed

Cowboys Became Folk Heroes sound great, chaos, ambience, violin, fuck

they sound like toru okada, at times they sound like iwhaciyy

they're just fucking great

they make my chest swell with better memories

perfect for long fast drives home, just don't get pulled over

DISCOGRAPHY DOWNLOAD

The South

The South were a band from Jacksonville (or maybe it was St. Augustine) Florida. They were active in the early 00's

They were Dead Tank Records's first release, they had a split with Hypatia that got released on Square of Opposition Records

I get stoked on emo when it's from Florida, they play a really neat style of emo.

Really harsh dual vocals, really sick, political stuff, kind of metallic but i'm also just a moron and probably doing a disservice to metal by saying that. 

The coolest thing about the south is how fun they are

"Well guess what you motherfuckers... i love destruction, i self destruct" 

I wish i had pictures or video of them playing but with a name like "the south" i'm sure you can imagine how difficult it is to find anything.
I don't know where or when I first heard them all I know is they're fucking cool and you should listen.

"We spend more time reading record inserts than we spend living our lives" - The South

Sick Pits Bro Sesh 7"  Dead Tank Records

Chomp Chomp Chomp 12" Dead Tank Records

Hypatia/The South split 12" Square of Opposition Records

Vivian K

best band ever

Vivian K are a mathy-emo-punk-garage? band from Florida, they moved to Chicago at some point but are back (i think)

They may as well live on the road though, they tour very often so if you see this while they're still active, totally go to a show or else you're missing out.

They've just released a new album and they're getting the LP soon enough (vinyl turnaround time is so fucking long since yuppies re-popularized it) 

Can we talk about that vinyl bullshit though, it fucking pisses me off that bands who deserve vinyl can't afford it cause people think a Sharknado 3 picture disk will sell, shit kills me.

Anyway, Vivian K are incredible, I remember not liking their stuff when I had first heard it online but after seeing them live in Cape Coral (s/o nice guys pizza) my emotional ass changed my mind. They played "Success is the Best Revenge" the first time I saw them and I damn near cried.

The second time I saw them was at the same place, my band was supposed to play with them but my drummers car broke down last minute (we live like 2 hours apart since i moved to college)

They played songs that aren't out yet and i gotta say i'm very excited for whatever is to come. 

They're on Creep records which to me seemed like Jank replacement (i'm not saying Vivian K don't deserve it i'm just saying that timing was weird) 

(show flier for the show i was supposed to play with them)

Check em the fuck out though they're the sweetest people, see them on tour and buy all their shit

ALSO

it's important to note that they contributed a song to a compilation tape, the proceeds of which go to planned parenthood, and in these troubling times under evangelical christian rule it is very important that we do all we can to support institutions that will struggle in the next four, and god forbid (lol irony) eight years.

Links are attached to all the names and whatever (you know, the highlighted stuff)

Here's some articles and things

NERDIST WRITE UP

THEY STEAL ALL THEIR RIFFS (kidding)

tbh tho that pile riff is very similar and both songs make me happy as heck at that part

You Once Were

it wouldn't let me post this at the bottom

told you i'm bad with computers

You Once Were (link)

You Once Were in Miami, FL

You Once Were are fucking sweet, as a band and people. The first time I saw them was in a squat in Little Haiti and they blew me away. There was no AC in the place and we were relying on a little lamp and some christmas lights for all of our sight. At some point during their set someone tripped over the chords and unplugged all the lights and that was right when

 it was getting heavy, shit was spooky. They drove from Savannah, GA all the way to Miami for one show, they didn't even 

hang around, just headed right home after the night was done (which is fucking crazy considering that drive). A month or two 

later my band (sorta) toured with them from Tampa to Savannah where we played on halloween to a house full of SCAD kids.

 That was the best set I ever played, i'm so hurt no one filmed it.

Anyway, they sound like state faults (i wish that band still did stuff) and everyone in the band is a really cool person.

Alex plays in ten thousand bands (i'm blanking on a lot of them but here's The Anxiety Junkies) 

Franklin plays in (Mayfair) (shout out ozona records) and does cool art shit that i don't understand

Paul plays in some other bands i'm pretty sure (i'm blankin) but is also the best human to grace the earth

Alex is also making a monster movie called The Green Giant of Zanzuki 

Check their shit out, all of it, support Alex's film

THE GREEN GIANT OF ZANZUKI (link)

(i'm running this thing to give the time i spend on my ass some purpose, i spend a lot of time on my ass doing nothing)