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coolsnake · 2 years ago

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Studio albums only. Sorry Rompilation 💔 if you have a favorite EP or compilation of theirs feel free to put it in the tags

#bean post #ajj #andrew jackson jihad #sean bonnette #ben gallaty #preston bryant #mark glick #kevin higuchi #folk punk #poll

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just-your-average-tangerine · 4 months ago

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Song of the day: September 17 2024

Small Red Boy by AJJ

About AJJ:

AJJ is an American folk punk band from Phoenix, Arizona, originally formed in 2004 as Andrew Jackson Jihad. Their lyrics handle themes of shyness, poverty, humanity, religion, addiction, existentialism, and politics. Singer/guitarist Sean Bonnette and bassist Ben Gallaty co-founded the band, and have remained its only constant members throughout. The band has released eight studio albums to date, with their most recent, Disposable Everything, having been released on 26 May 2023.

(Via Wikipedia)

About Small Red Boy:

In this moving song, Sean Bonnette imagines himself having a symbiotic encounter with his child self — whom he has compared to the figure of Cody in the album’s opening track. He fantasises giving himself a fulfilling, loving, perfect childhood. While he says he “[doesn’t] think [he] had a particularly super, super awful childhood,” putting himself in the situation of the child-rearer is a way for him to understand and make peace with the parental mistakes that might have hurt him during his real childhood.

"Allow yourself to empathize with the people of your past—when you become the age that they were, it helps let go of a lot. […] When I’m trying to figure out the things holding me back in my life these days, looking back is a good place to start." — Bonnette to Paste Magazine, August 2016

Thanks to this approach, Bonnette becomes able to fully embrace his present and future, to deal with his neuroses and his trauma, and to transform himself into the positive and driving force that he needs to get through life as he bridges 30 years old.

“The imagery in the song is the devil coming out of yourself", he says later in the interview. Here, for Bonnette, learning to understand the demons that shaped you is an essential step to fully loving yourself.

(Via genius.com)

#spotify #song of the day #small red boy #ajj #ajj the band #ajjtheband

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hallison-bre · 1 year ago

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AJJ (when it was still just Sean Bonnette and Ben Gallaty) performing Bad Bad Things at a house show. 12/22/07

At the time this was recorded, the song was still titled Murderer. It was also listed as Murderer on the Issue Problems EP, where it was first released in 2006.

— Video credits to Don Cheney on YouTube —

#folkpunk #ajj #ajjtheband #andrew jackson jihad #sean bonnette

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gwynndolin · 1 year ago

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Noel Hogan from The Cranberries vs Ben Gallaty from The AJJs

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innovacancy · 2 years ago

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#ajj #disposable everything #hopeless records

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nofatclips · 2 years ago

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Normalization Blues by AJJ, live at Stripped Down Session for Punks in Vegas

#music #live #acoustic #acoustic live #live music #punks in vegas #ben gallaty #sean bonnette #anthropocene #video #live session #tyler gibson #doom toof #stripped down session #brett bolton #emily matview #chris duggan #live video #acoustic music

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somegreatereward · 4 years ago

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#sean my beloved #ajj #sean bonnette #ben gallaty #folk punk

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almondmllkhotel · 5 years ago

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AJJ at Motorco Music Hall - Durham, NC

solitude for the stoic

mirth for the merry

a quiet room for the overwhelmed

arcades for the adhd

health for the sickly

a big day for grimley

good luck, everybody

#my post #my pics #except for the first one my friend took it lol #ajj #andrew jackson jihad #good luck everybody #a big day for grimley #folk punk #folk punx #sean bonnette #ben gallaty #mark glick #durham #motorco music hall #nc

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algernoninwonderland · 5 years ago

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One thing I really like about Good Luck Everybody (which is an excellent album, but then again, has AJJ ever disappointed?) is that you can immediately tell that Kimya Dawson is singing the backing vocals from Mega Guillotine 2020.

Now they only need to bring John Darnielle on board and my personal holy trinity will be complete

#ajj #kimya dawson #folk punk #antifolk #sean bonnette #ben gallaty #the mountain goats #the moldy peaches #(the good half)#john darnielle #music #indie

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if-we-were-even-real · 5 years ago

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And if you think you are better than me you’re right.

-AJJ “Heartilation”

#ajj #ajjtheband #sean bonnette #ben gallaty #preston bryant #mark glick #pwepatlpitw #knife man #good luck everybody

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crunchykong · 6 years ago

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WIP of Ben Gallaty. I was just gonna draw Sean bonnet but I wanna post it to ig and tag them. Not wanting the rest of the band to be offended I didn’t draw them as well I now feel obligated to do so.

#WIP #My art #ben gallaty #AJJ #folk punk #art #digital art #medibang #sketch #mine

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coolsnake · 2 years ago

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Lyrics under the cut ↓↓↓

I need you here with me

Strawberry probably

Obtuse obviously

You are my heart

Strawberry probably

Why not take all of me?

So you can clearly see

The state of my art

It's just your size

Try it on

Wear it out

Absolute anarchy

I turn records into weed

So strobably probably,

Don't let's start

Disposable dignity

There's no taking this seriously

There's not time for collective grief

Strawberry probably

It's just your size

Try it on

Wear it out of the store

But don't pay for it

Everything is free now

[instrumental]

PYAH!

It's just your size

Try it on

Wear it out of the store

But don't pay for it

Everything is free now

Everything is free...

#bean post #ajj #disposable everything #strawberry probably #ajj the band #sean bonnette #ben gallaty #mark glick #preston bryant #kevin higuchi #indie punk #garbage pop #alternative music #andrew jackson jihad

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just-your-average-tangerine · 7 months ago

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Song of the day: June 28 2024

Brave As a Noun by AJJ

About AJJ:

AJJ is an American folk punk band from Phoenix, Arizona, originally formed in 2004 as Andrew Jackson Jihad. Their lyrics handle themes of shyness, poverty, humanity, religion, addiction, existentialism, and politics. Singer/guitarist Sean Bonnette and bassist Ben Gallaty co-founded the band, and have remained its only constant members throughout. The band has released eight studio albums to date, with their most recent, Disposable Everything, having been released on 26 May 2023.

(Via Wikipedia)

About Brave As a Noun:

“Brave As a Noun” is the second track on AJJ’s sophomore album, People That Can Eat People Are the Luckiest People in the World, and is generally considered one of their signature songs. It details singer-songwriter Sean Bonnette’s anxiety and depression, and his frustration with how they hold him back.

The song’s title is also a clever double entendre. Literally speaking, in the last line Sean grammatically uses the word “brave” as a noun. However, the title also conveys a sense of uncertainty and self-doubt, as Sean is unable to find a specific noun to compare his bravery to.

(Via genius.com)

#song of the day #brave as a noun #ajj #ajj the band #Spotify

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captaintoughfluff · 6 years ago

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so uhhhhhhhhh my gf and i went to the AJJ concert in lawrence yesterday 💕💕💕 Not included in here is the song list i got, since im not sure if im allowed to post that or not since theyre still touring! (and a back patch since i uh forgot to take a pic of it)

We met Sean and Ben outside a noodle shop!!!!

#ajj #kimya dawson #shellshag #laura stevenson #concert #sean bonnette #ben gallaty #merch #im so happy!!!!! it was so fun!

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kitakeetz-blog · 6 years ago

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