Album of the Week 4/17 - 4/23: "All of Something" by Sports

     Are you a fan of DIY-sounding, Indie-tinged Punk with female vocals? Or, did you not even know that such a musical concoction existed? Either way, if you like any music influenced by Punk or Indie styles, the Ohio-based band Sports (also written as SPORTS, at times) is something you should most definitely look into! With their newest LP release, "All of Something", Sports have recently poked their heads into the mainstream. However, the band is still a bit of a contradiction--they seem to be a band floating through the mainstream, all while evoking a sense of an "underground" sentiment.  This is reinforced, in part, by the fact that the band has been written about in Rolling Stone while their official band site is still on Bandcamp.com (a site for underground bands with almost no money). The album itself is a cohesive, catchy one: the songs are quick in length, as well as quick in tempo, and the lyrics usually center around break-ups.  The Surfer Rock-esque chords that make up this 10-track album make it a perfect album to pick up/download in time for summer. However, the angsty lyrics from Sports juxtapose their lighthearted musical composition. 

     For example, the lead singer (whose full name is still unknown) says un-apologetically on the track "Reality TV", "I heard you say you're broken-hearted/ Is there any other way to be?" However, don't be fooled--Sports is not a group that merely pumps out break-up laments with a Surfer Rock sound. The band manages to shift their focal point from song to song, inhibiting any stagnancy or redundancy. In addition, the album even holds Sports' first acoustic ballad: "Clean Socks". Not only can you bob your head to this band, you can give a serious nod towards your stereo as you savor their sensitivity that practically oozes out of the speakers. Keep following Sports, because you are going to be hearing a hell of a lot more about them in the near future! Check out our top 5 fav tracks off of the album below:

The Washing Machine

Saturday

Reality TV

Clean Socks

Get Bummed Out

Here at Multi-Fret, we give "All of Something" a 4/5! The album isn't out in its entirety on YouTube yet. But, you can still listen to some select singles, whose links are provided below:

"Reality TV"

"Get Bummed Out"

"The Washing Machine"