I’m hard pressed to find a more relatable, recent release than “High Waist Jeans,” the latest single by New York pop-punk trio Phil From Accounting. Perhaps it is vocalist and bassist Amanda Webster’s opening invocation, a demand that “someone pull this minivan over, I’m gonna pee in my neighbor’s yard” set against a homespun guitar riff, that feels as honest as it is hilarious. As the track explodes into its chorus and Webster decrees “I can’t make it that far” alongside vintage vocal accents and a concise percussive backbone, it’s evident that Phil From Accounting have an earnest energy bolstered by both their minimalist instrumentation and the humanity of their songwriting – and I can’t wait to hear what quotidian adventures they put to music next.
Phil From Accounting will play Arlene’s Grocery on February 3rd, supporting Long Neck and The Great American Novel. Until then, you can jam “High Waist Jeans” below. -Connor Beckett McInerney (@b_ck_tt), Photo by Cassie Doyle