Genius Party
guitar/vocals: danny, bass/vocals: al, drums/sunglasses: gb
in like april or may of 2009 gb texted me and said that him and danny started practicing and had a few songs and wondered if i wanted to play with them. i thought that was weird because the most i had seen danny since high school was bumping into him at central market. i thought it sounded cool and i had a couple of songs so i said ok. it was only the three of us and danny was playing guitar so i figured it was time that i learned how to play bass. i borrowed some stuff from competition and so did danny and gb and we started practicing. since then we've practiced a lot and decided on a name and started playing shows and stuff. we recorded ourselves unsuccessfully and thankfully anthony helped us out by recording us for real in the bedroom at competition. we will probably be playing a lot more shows and maybe releasing something sometime eventually so yeah.
oh yeah, we're from fort worth, tx and a lot of our songs are about that. danny and i usually write the songs that we sing on, with the exception of one that gb wrote the music for but i wrote the lyrics and sing on it. -al
Shows
We only play like every 3 months or so.
May 25 @ 1919 Hemphill RAMON'S BIRTHDAY PARTY YAYYYYYYY
Music
Our CD, available at shows for $5
Review in Razorcake:
Uncomplicated Songs about Complicated Issues: CD
This is amazing! How is there a band this good from my home state that I've never heard of? Holy crap! I never get this excited about new music anymore! This is like when I first heard The Ergs! a couple years ago, but better because now I get to be the first one to tell everybody else about this badass new band. Uncomplicated Songs is a CD of fast, fun, party punk played by grownups who know what they are doing. The lyrics are smart and dead-on relatable for twenty-somethings. What an excellent surprise for this month! Highly recommended! -Lauren Trout
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Whitney Vocals & Lyrics: Danny
First day of school no no no no I mean yeah it's cool but wouldn't you know after all this time you're just sitting right there asking about a friend of mine What was I to do? Cuz Whitney Whitney I've been watching you not like a stalker, but someone's who's got a major crush on you
Second day of school I ask you out you said Daniel, Daniel what's this all about? OK well fine I made up that part I'd have asked you in time What was I to do? Cuz Whitney Whitney I've been watching you not like a stalker, but someone's who's got a major crush on you
Last chance I got Would you come to the show? It's a long long way if I take you we can drive real slow I got a Pontiac it doesn't start sometimes if it does when we get back would you stay with me? Cuz Whitney Whitney I've been watching you not like a stalker, but someone's who's got a major crush on you
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Confessions of Teenage Twenty-Five-Year-Old Vocals & Lyrics: Al
Every morning I feel like shit don't wanna work but I can't quit and every night I'm wide awake I don't know how much more of this shit that I can take cuz I'm tired and I'm sick all of the time I'm exhausted and I'm only twenty-fucking-five I don't like feeling old I don't wanna feel old anymore
I'm going to college again I'm gonna get a job that I can stand I'm gonna figure out my health I'm gonna quit feeling so fucking sorry for myself and I have no real reason to be sad cuz I have to admit that everything's not all that bad I'm glad I don't feel old I'm not gonna feel old anymore