Breaking: Rob Sheffield Marked For Death
[..] Their name comes from singer-songwriter Matt Pond and the state of Pennsylvania, where he used to reside before moving to New York. You have to admit it’s a bold move, naming your band after what threatens to be the least rocking state in the U.S.A. Although Pennsylvania has produced plenty of badass icons over the years — Gertrude Stein, Lenny Dykstra, the Delfonics — it’s not exactly a hotbed of musical energy, at least not since that cruelly underrated second Hooters album.
Little Robbie, we have two invitations for you: One is to visit our humble little burgh and see if one Friday night does not put your over-saturated, ridiculously self-conscious and faltering NY scene to shame. The other is to eat a plate of fuck.
Feel free to take us up on both.
RollingStone: “Relaxed Is The New Tense.” Nice Lede, Douche.
