Real Lessons In Cynicism - Soccer Team (2015)

Put this on the list on a recommendation from punk icon Henry Rollins (probably read it in this piece though I’m not sure)

Soccer Teams’s first record was a two-person home recording project from two employees at DC indie label Dischord Records. They re-formed several years later with a 4-piece lineup but the same analog DIY aesthetic and recorded this tight batch of songs.

That’s about the total of information I found about them. But the music speaks for itself.

Tracks I Liked

Problems With Prolonged Youth - I wouldn’t know anything about that…

Lazy Colonist - a great postpunk beat with a ton of attitude

Nose To Chin - maybe the hardest rocker on here

Short Term Expectations - come for the organ intro, stay for the crescendo. then stay because the crescendo never shows up.