FTC: Five Iron Frenzy
How is it possible that Five Iron Frenzy, one of my favorite bands of all time, has yet to be mentioned on this ATH website? I don’t know! If you aren’t familiar with this brilliant ska band from the late 90s and early 00s, they existed in a simpler time of music when things weren’t taken so seriously. These guys have since gone their separate ways, but I just found out that a new Five Iron Frenzy documentary DVD is planned for release in January 2010. Hooray! You newbies out there should probably start off your FIF experience with their 1997 sophomore album Our Newest Album Ever, progress to EP Quanitity is Job 1, and then wrap things up with their live album Proof That the Youth Are Revolting. All of these albums dropped in a span from 1997-1999 when the band was truly at the height of their creativeness. Below is a song from that sophomore album called “Blue Comb ’78” which truly encompasses the ska/pop and overall good times of this band. Enjoy and drop me a line if you’re having trouble finding their music.
Download: Five Iron Frenzy – Blue Comb ’78 [MP3]