On Thursdays we review albums that are considered “classic”. This week we are reviewing Emergency & I, the 1999 album from the Washington D.C. indie band The Dismemberment Plan, a game changing album for indie music.
Growing up can be a neurotic experience. You wake up one day, and you’re in a crappy one bedroom apartment by yourself, late for work. Cursing yourself, you scramble out of bed, throw your clothes on and jump into your deteriorating 96’ Geo hatchback. You spill coffee on lap and it stains your new pants, screaming more obscenities. The Geo takes 2 minutes to start, the radio is broken, you somehow cut your leg on something and now it’s bleeding, and you’ve been lovesick for months to the point of nausea. That cute girl from the record store you fell hard for hasn’t responded to your texts for months, your boss calls you screaming “where the f*ck are you?”, and now you’re a complete wreck. Urban life can be a drag.
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