Can't Maintain.

by Andrew Jackson Jihad

Can't Maintain. cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 9 September 2009
  • Label: Asian Man
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 28:13
  • Community rating: 3.65/5 from 8 ratings

Artists on this release: Deacon Batchelor, Matt Keegan, Jeff Rosenstock, Allyson Seconds, Tobie Milford, Davy Charles, David Jerkovich, Ben Gallaty, Jaspen Nelson, Owen Evans, Sean Bonnette

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Expanding their incredibly frantic, lo-fi acoustic sound with the addition of a full backing band, this album features horns, electric guitars, and complex string arrangements. The lyricism remains brutally honest and darkly comedic, addressing severe mental health struggles, addiction, and existential dread with a signature irreverence. It stands as a creative turning point for the beloved folk-punk mainstays.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, satirical, male-vocals, lo-fi, unpolished, acoustic, wordplay, witty, DIY, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Heartilation (2:01)
  2. Self Esteem (1:36)
  3. Love in the Time of Human Papillomavirus (2:04)
  4. Evil (2:06)
  5. You Don't Deserve Yourself (2:30)
  6. Olde(y) Tyme(y) (1:09)
  7. Kazoo Sonata in Cmaj (1:17)
  8. We Didn't Come Here to Rock (2:23)
  9. Truckers Are The Blood (3:01)
  10. Love Will Fuck Us Apart (1:44)
  11. Sense, Sensibility (2:16)
  12. Who Are You? (2:40)
  13. White Face, Black Eyes (3:26)

Credits

  • Andrew Jackson Jihad - primary artist
  • Owen Evans - banjo, piano, banjo instrument
  • Deacon Batchelor - drums
  • David Jerkovich - drums, viola, mandolin, electric guitar, organ [reed organ], trumpet
  • Preston Bryant - guitar [blazing axe of fury], piano
  • Jeff Rosenstock - saxophone, theremin, theremin instrument, saxophone instrument
  • Davy Charles - trombone, trumpet, trumpet instrument
  • Jaspen Nelson - trombone
  • Deacon Bachelor - membranophone instrument
  • Sean Bonnette - kazoo instrument, glockenspiel instrument, guitar instrument, vocal
  • Ben Gallaty - bass instrument, vocal
  • Jalipaz - other instruments instrument, body percussion instrument
  • Matt Keegan - trombone instrument
  • Tobie Milford - violin instrument
  • Carl Saff - mastering
  • Kepi Ghoulie - other vocals vocal

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