The Association

You'll like this. I did a totally Bottle thing. I had this gigantic essay where i intertwined a serious discussion about Anarchy and The Association's 5th album. All sorts of calamities could happen at that point, so i try to copy them as a backup, but this time i hit delete as i was trying to copy it. It's fine, i don't care. We'll just hit the salient points.

1) The Association is one of those bands that completely surprises me.

2) You might think a self-titled 5th album goes against Bottle's Taxonomy, but it's their first proper album, not just a singles collection, so that totally works.

3) It's stonehenge on the moon and Earth is a cube. This is half PP&M style folkstravaganza, half Psych-Rock pistache, including a critique of Vietnam, a song about Dubuque, one called Broccoli, and a whole lot of "the trappings of the modern world are garbage." No, seriously, it's about "turning you on to broccoli," the actual vegetable. It grows in the gound and he likes to eat it with his mouth. None of it makes any sense, as only The Association could really pull off. They might be the most sarcastically cynical Sunshine Pop band ever.

You'll just have to imagine the ingenuity i brought to that first draft. All i can really say is that The Association is completely unpredictable, and totally wackadoodle in their unique way. Banjos and pedal steel and trumpets and tons of la-la-la-las. I love 'em, but then again you know how weird i am, so plan accordingly.

You seriously have to hear Broccoli by The Association. Go find it now, it's ridiculous. How can you take anything serious after that. No choice but to put it in the "what the hell am i listening to" crate. This album is pure insanity. No, really, really look at that lyric insert band photo. 'Nuff said.