This blog, I would like to do a band profile. The reason for this is because I love this bands’ music but have never seen them before, nor do I have any concrete knowledge about them.
I Set My Friends On Fire is a band that I have been patiently waiting to see. They first caught my attention when I heard their song “Things That Rhyme With Orange.” This song is on their first and only album, released in 2008, You Can’t Spell Slaughter Without Laughter.
“Things That Rhyme With Orange” is what I would consider a perfect song. Like Taking Back Sunday’s “Cute Without The ‘E’ (Cut From The Team),” everything about this song is perfect: the vocals, the lyrics and the melody.
The video is quite comical also.
The reason this band stands out for me is because of their lyrics. Although it can be unrecognizable to the untrained ear, ISMFOF has interesting lyrics, to say the least. Here is an example from the song:
“I'm so iconoclastic; I'm clastic!
I only want you to think I'm fantastic.
I'll participate in what you believe,
If you give me the attention!
Yeah, yeah that's the only compensation
I want to be included in your conversation.”
These lyrics appeal to me because they are articulate but touch on issues that relate to the age of their fan base. This, along with adding the occasional profanity and their overall sound, makes them unique and enjoyable to listen.
Lyrics like these are not found on the radio and it is a shame. Most lyrics heard mainstream are either about cheating, drinking or sex/lust/love. Rock/alternative/punk are the only genres and venture out and decide to talk about what it feels like to not be involved in the conformity of society.
ISMFOF joined the scene when they remade their on version of the song “Crank That” by Souljda Boy and renamed it, “Crank Dat Calvary Boy,” as a parody on their Myspace.
The band consists of Matt Mehana and Chris Lent and is signed by Epitaph. Their specific genre is experimental, but genres nowadays never really give any insight as to what the band actually sounds like. Instead of trying to describe what they sound like, I would highly encourage taking a listen.
They originate from Miami, FL and will be touring on Warped from June 24th to August 14th.
This will not be the band’s first Warped Tour, they appeared in 2009, and I doubt it will be their last. I Set My Friends On Fire is the band I am most looking forward to see in 2011, without a doubt.
-AngAllOver
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