The Please & Thank Yous – Mind Your P’s & Q’s

I should have written about The Please & Thank Yous and their album Mind Your P’s & Q’s some time ago but better late than never, I always say. It’s a good thing I listened. Their raw and emotional yet bouncy offshoot of pop-punk is the perfect antidote for all that might be ailing you during these cold dark Chicago winter days. I’m a sucker for gritty pop punk, and while this isn’t gritty in a gruff way, it borders on being lo-fi and ramshackle so, yeah, I pretty much love it. Mind Your P’s & Q’s is (quite simply) what happens when jangly indie-folk-rock meets pop punk (more or less). It has a relaxed and almost familiar sound that makes me feel instantly at home listening to it plus this album is the best thing I’ve heard since compiling my best of 2009 list about a month ago. The album reminds me (at times) of any/all of the following: The New Dress, Operation: Cliff Clavin, early Green Day, Sarge, The Thermals, old Against Me!, old Dinosaur Jr., Squirtgun, and Wolfie. That’s quite a list, right? There’s a little bit of everything going on here… I mean, it’s almost as if The Please & Thank Yous would be perfect as an indie prom dance band. This is seriously some amazing stuff. And if you care to know, Mind Your P’s & Q’s was recorded by one of the guys in another local-ish band, Joie De Vivre. Get a copy of this today and check out the record release show 2/15 at Ronny’s in Chicago. You won’t be disappointed.

MP3:
The Please & Thank Yous - Fucking Honestly
The Please & Thank Yous - In Like Sin