Broski’s four-song E.P. Jortch provides the perfect soundtrack to a round of high-fives at the end of a sweaty game of kickball where everyone forgot to keep score. This Allentown, PA instrumental two-piece’s combination of creative, fast-paced drumming with mathy guitar riffs makes Jortch a wise choice for fans of other emo-influenced northeast two-pieces such as Chalk Talk, Deer Friends, and Footnotes, as well as for those who crave the most jubilant moments of Cap’n Jazz and Algernon Cadwallader. Although sharing the spirit of the apparent 90s midwest-style emo revival currently going on in Pennsylvania, Broski brings a certain quirkiness, unrelenting sense of joy, and in-the-moment feel that makes them stand out.
Clocking in at a mere nine minutes, Jortch moves from song to song with the swiftness of an A.D.D.-afflicted teenager. The top song for me is “It’s The 90’s.” This track snakes in with a catchy melody, jumps to a victorious chorus, repeats, and moves to a sort-of breakdown that sounds too much like third-wave ska to ignore. Before your exterior elitist self can utter a scoff, your inner sixteen-year-old is already skanking away. But even this moment will be all-too-brief; before you’ve finished thinking about the repercussions of fist-pumping to a ska riff, Broski has already returned to the opening melody. While the sloppy approach and heavily riff-based songs on Jortch may not be for those whose musical taste lends towards the atmospheric, Broski’s E.P. provides the listener with a return to the messy, P.B.R.-drenched enthusiasm that is welcome to those desperately missing the fun communal spirit of basement shows.
You can download the demo from the band’s Myspace page below!
Label: Self-Released
It’s The 90’s
