Ah, the time has come for the final passion blog post of the year. I had a blast researching my favorite artists and exploring sides of them that I’ve never seen before. I’m glad that I made my mark in showing some bands and artists that deserve way more recognition and appreciation for their music. For the upcoming year I urge all of you readers to challenge your tastes and dive into some music that you know you’ll hate. Because maybe through that experience you’ll actually find something that you really love. We need to open our eyes to all of the opportunities that we’re missing, especially when it comes to music. Keep an open mind and listen to appreciate. And so, to finish off this year I’ll be presenting to you the band Mom Jeans. 9
Mom Jeans is an American rock band that was formed in Berkeley, California in 2014. The band actually formed in the University of California, Berkeley with guitarist Austin Carango and lead singer Eric Butler. Later on two more members joined the group: Bart Thompson (guitar) and Sam Kless (bass). To this date, the band
has made 6 EPs and 2 full studio albums with the latest being Puppy Love (2018). Recently the band announced that they are working on a new album which will be titled Sweet Tooth. Their music falls within the genres of pop punk, emo, and indie rock. Butler has commented on this classification and the obligation of being labeled as a certain sound, “Everybody’s really tired of that, especially non-male musicians or musicians of color are tired of being pigeon-holed into whatever genre people are telling them they are just because they sound a certain way or look a certain way.” The band’s sound elicits the same feelings as when listening to The Front Bottoms and Modern Baseball as they share a raw and sappy demeanor in their songs.
Personally, the band’s best creation so far has been their album Best Buds which was released in 2016. It 
features plenty of amazing songs that make me wish that I could have the chance to listen to them for the first time again. Also, their tracks names are quite entertaining with a few being poor boxer shorts, *sobs quietly*, scott pilgrim V. my GPA, and girl scout cookies. My favorite song off of the album is edward 40hands with its classic catchiness and the perfect amount of sadness. The song kind of sounds like a mash up between a lighthearted song made with friends with one person just singing about their repressed emotions on the track. It’s the perfect mix of jumping guitar riffs, driving drumset, with lyrics depicting a doomed teenage love story.
I hope that you’ve enjoyed this tumultuous journey of exploring music with me and I really urge you to find something unusual and fun out there in the music world. Challenge your beliefs and widen your perspective. Music is a great place to start. Thank you! Goodbye!
I have not heard of this artist, so I will have to tune in and listen to them during this quarantine. I appreciate your blogs because I often have trouble finding new music that I like, but your blogs have been very helpful. Great job!
I have never heard of Mom Jeans, but I love their name. On a similar note, I love the song titles; I think they are intriguing and entice me to listen to the songs.
I appreciate the quote regarding the classification of music for different kinds of people. No one should have to play or sing a certain way based upon how they look. Music is meant to be universal, and I’m glad that Mom Jeans pushes past those “boundaries” to create music.
It has been a while, but I do finally know one of the bands you wrote about! Their song titles never fail to entertain me — “You Can’t Eat Cats Kevin” is a pretty funny one. I would love to pick their brains in the process of naming a song. Do they just choose what sounds funny, or do they actually hold significance?