As we near Seattle’s pop-punks The Subjunctives upcoming album Lets Try This Again (pre-order), we’re hearing more from the band. In addition to the excellent Roll of the Dice interview The Subjunctives subjected themselves to back in July, we now have a new video for the single “It’s a Shame We Didn’t Get More Time Lance.” There’s a whole lot of meaning to this song, so we’ll let Ean explain:
This song is pretty personal. I was a huge J-Church fan, and a bigger Cringer fan before that. I think I have the world’s only Cringer tattoo. Lance Hahn, the songwriter, singer, and guitarist for J-Church had a big impact on my musical development.
Initially, I was profoundly inspired by Cringer’s Karin 7″, which gave me a window into a world of low budget tours, arty record labels, weird intellectuals, frenetic joyful music, accepted misfits, cheap living, and 2nd hand combat boots; a million miles away from the leg humping meat-headed stupidity of the Seattle grunge world. I remember very distinctly that I wanted in. Before long, I would meet Lance and Gardner, sharing bills on tour with Sicko and their new band J-Church. Every vignette in this story really happened, getting his SG fixed on tour, being at Epicenter and telling Josh I liked Cringer better than J-Church and not realizing that Lance was RIGHT THERE beside me, to the moment over seas where I found out that my old friend and musical hero had passed at a young age. The photos in the video were all donated by past members of J-Church, some even from Lance’s long time partner. I think it’s a very sweet video with a melancholic tone set to hooky poppy music. A little bit like J-Church, which was entirely the idea.
I hope you enjoy it!
the white drew carey (aka – Jeff Sorley) is the founder and head editor of TGEFM. He’s lived (outside of) Chicago, Madison WI, (ugh) Penn State, Lyon FR, Oxford UK, central New Jersey, and now within earshot of SFO in the Bay Area. When not scouring the web for more great bands and labels to post about, he also spends time drawing (mostly) silly sci-fi and anime stuff under the name Asplenia Studios.
