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It's a sock hop! The Unbearables at Red Eyed Fly
Austinist was in attendance at The Unbearables show last Friday at Red Eyed Fly. We've seen these boys perform a few times before, but it'd been a while since the last time. We have to say, we were pleasantly surprised.
The Unbearables play music that falls somewhere between Weezer and The Beach Boys, if The Beach Boys were together still and writing songs about television shows and videogames. They have a lot of songs where the chorus is, "Na na na na na," and some where the chorus is, "Ooooh! Oooh! Oooh!" There are slow bits, and there are fast bits.
Marshall, the lead singer, introduced the band by waving to some of his students in the audience -- he teaches high school. The drummer, Tim, is like Animal from The Muppets; his arms flail wildly, his hair whips about, and he hits those drums with the fury of Thor. Ian, a tall man who at one time wore a bear suit on stage, plays the tamborine.
These are good things.
(MP3s and more inside...)
Before we continue, here are some unmastered tracks from their album:
Yes, The Unbearables are, at times, a bit rough around the edges. However, they overcome their weaknesses with an abundance of energy and attitude. From song one, they had the audience dancing like it was a sock hop, and we were still in 1950. High school students danced next to grungy whiskey swilling regulars. We saw people doing the twist, pogoing, swing dancing, and even a few moshers. It was the very definition of something for everyone.
And what blew us away is that people were dancing without a care in the world. There was no embarassed looking about, checking for watchful eyes. These people did not care. The music made them want to dance, and dance they did. And even though The Unbearables include a healthy dose of irony in their lyrics, this was dancing of the earnest variety. People were having a good time.
And so did we.
See The Unbearables next on Friday (details still foggy at this point, but will be available on their web site, we imagine) or on the 29th at Trophy's (2008 S. Congress)
