“When somebody so close to you dies, and you realize life is wildly unfair, you recalibrate,” Tashjian explains. She tells me the songs is based in part on a conversation she had with her partner after Billy’s passing. Over crunching riffs, barreling rhythms and soaring leads, Chrissy sings “Do whatever the hell it is you want to do / do whatever you want, I’ll be just fine / all I ask of you is to try your hardest to understand / I have to do the things I need to.” Today, we begin the journey with a deep dive on “No Obituary,” a track that very directly confronts the aftermath of loss at the center of the album. Later this week, we’ll bring you a record review, a video and an indepth interview from our conversation at Big Mama’s, all leading up to Thin Lips’ record release party this Friday, May 20th at Everybody Hits. By channeling personal lows into joyous anthems, it’s clear Thin Lips follows the latter on Riff Hard.Īll week long, we’ll explore the album on Unlocked, The Key’s recurring series on new and significant releases from Philadelphia regional artists. In general, it offers two paths: buckling down and wallowing in sorrow, or moving forward with a new resolve. As our conversation navigates these parallel events, talk turns more broadly to the grieving process and its effects. Over the course of the album’s making, the band encountered more than its share of personal tragedy – from the declining health of Diehm’s father to the sudden death of Mikey and Chrissy’s younger brother Billy. Recorded by Pulley at Headroom Studios, it’s a total blast: amplified, high-octane punk rock guitar jammers that are complex, catchy, fun - and most importantly, cathartic. Which carried over to our conversation.ĭiehm, along with bassist Kyle Pulley, drummer Mikey Tashjian and singer-guitarist-songwriter Chrissy Tashjian, just wrapped up a long run of production on Riff Hard – Thin Lips’ debut LP, out this week on Lame-O Records. The room has a markedly different vibe from the rest of the long-standing Fishtown arts community – instead of expansive floor-to-ceiling bright pageantry and reckless, paint-spattered abandon, this space is all about toned-down, quiet focus. It’s a rainy Monday evening and the guitarist of Philly punk four-piece Thin Lips has been getting deepy contemplative with his bandmates over beers as we gather in a side studio at Big Mama’s Warehouse. ![]() “What defines you as a person,” muses Chris Diehm, “is how you deal with tragedy.”
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