Within a year of releasing their first EP together, Philly locals Beach Slang have already captured national attention from music-lovers, and generated enough hype from bloggers and critics to have a seemingly bright future ahead of them. Join them for their homecoming show at the First Unitarian Church tonight before they jet off to the UK to start their 2016 European tour. The show is sure to be charged with the energy and vivacity that playing to a familiar homefield audience brings, and Beach Slang’s distinctively anthemic wistful punk rock will surely instill the same cathartic relief in you. The band combines the reflective melancholy of The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart with the deadend-deadbeat party drive of young hipster nihilism, and shapes it into something that is as approachable as it is isolating – something that instills community through a mutual sense of estrangement. Sharing the stage with Beach Slang and effectively providing his formal endorsement will be Tim Kasher of legendary emo/post-hardcore band Cursive as well as Field Mouse. First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut St, 8pm, $15, All Ages – Bryce Woodcock
