Music – Philadelphia
Formed in 2010, The Good Excuses write music much like a six year old dresses himself.Four unusual people excited by the freedom they have to write varying degrees of unusual music.
With their EP entitled “Binge Thinking,” vocalists/guitarists Andrew Thompson and Jim Gullifer, bassist Adam Sheehan, and drummer Jeff Matthews have fully absorbed influences ranging from one genre of music to other genres. Some of those genres are unexpectedly dissimilar with their own sound. Rock music is a big one.
They are engineering the record themselves.
“We had no where to play so we just said screw it, built our own studio and started recording ourselves,” says Thompson.”
“We didn’t want to cut any corners with this. We’ve all done that before and it never works,” Gullifer added while ironing his pants. “So, you know, we just put a few microphones in the room and recorded all the songs like that. We like it when it sounds raw, like some slob humans made it, and a lot of that happened unintentionally.” Having influences like Nirvana, the Dead Milkmen, and the Pixies is a pretty good starting point for a sound.
Their lyrics seem unusual at first. You find yourself singing along to the songs, hitting replay, and finding a deeper meaning to them that you\'re not sure The Good Excuses even intended as an interpretation, but let me assure you, they did.