Alex's Employee pick for Friday 10/30/2015: Beach Slang's The Things We Do To Find People Who Feel Like Us.

Beach Slang's The Things We Do is the music in your head that you wish shared with everyone else. Alex James sings with the honesty of a drunken confession, the wit of a shower argument, and the earnest energy of someone who is no longer afraid to yell those words sober and in person. If you're young and alive, or maybe need to re-learn what that means, pick up The Thing's We Do.

Circa 1998

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One of the best things I've read in a long, long time. John Molinaro's Masters thesis from 1998 discusses the connection between Country music, Americana, Punk, and everything in between.  What could be boring or accusatory is instead a fascinating read that never strays into pretension.  This may have been around for fourteen years already, but it's still relevant--and wonderfully written.