We Love You KIDS IN PHILLY

Just the other day I mentioned it being 25 years since Marah's legendary Kids in Philly was released; today we see it ranked CRIMINALLY TOO LOW 😡😡😡😡 on this BEST INDIE ROCK ALBUMS OF THE 21ST CENTURY:

Going back to the year I officially started my media career: This was a very hyped record in 2000. Nick Hornby was writing for The New Yorker at the time, and when he wasn’t publishing columns about how Kid A was a tiresome bore, he was praising these Springsteen-worshipping Pennsylvanians. As a Springsteen-loving Wisconsinite, I also adored Kids In Philly, no matter how anachronistic many elements were. (The horn section, the Jackie Wilson references, the lead singer who sounded like he gargled busted-up pieces of vinyl before laying down his vocal, etc.) Marah were a “return of rock” band who peaked one year before the press went crazy for The Strokes, which was just one example of them being ahead of their time. By the back half of the aughts, scores of Springsteen acolytes — The Hold Steady, Titus Andronicus, Arcade Fire, The Gaslight Anthem — would be currying critical and popular favor. But Marah got there first.

Kids in Philly can make a claim for being the album of my lifetime. In many, many great ways.