Not an insult to the prodigal but the title of the latest album by my favorite local band, or perhaps more correctly, my favorite band who, to my delight, are from the local area (broadly stated, and in contrast to "The Local" as established in my last post.

Last night we went to London's swanky 100 Club to see the Broken Family Band. It was their 'official' launch party for Welcome Home, Loser (Now available on limited edition colored flexi-disc cassingle).

What makes them my favorite band? It's a not-so-easy-to-get-a-handle-on question. Or one with a complicated answer at least. (I should also note here that I'm tiresomely fickle when it comes to "favorite band" and anyone fool enough to ask is likely to get a sequence of bands from the recent period, all of whom I considered my favorite at least for a brief moment in that period [quite parallel to my response to the question "Where are you from?" which also evokes a sequence of locations {and perhaps a whole life story told to someone who's just making polite conversation /sorry about that/}]).

In short (ha!) they have a good combination of consistently good songs (both musically and lyrically), a musical style I can appreciate (and now that I've written that, I need to label them. Take a few of these words & jumble.  INDIE     ALT     GUITAR      IRREVERENT       COUNTRY      LOW-FI        CRASS. Now see how many other bands also fit that description. Repeat and serve warm.), and, well, I like listening to them. A lot.

Maybe it's also got something to do with having a snarky attitude that plays well with me. Nicely characteristic is from the FAQ on the band's website (linked above, you guess which one.):

What time are you on?

usually we're playing in venues that open around 7/8pm and close at 11pm/12am so its advisable to get to the venue between those times. If we're headlining you could get there later, if we're not then simply get to the venue early. Usually we try to play with people we like and would therefore recommend, so we'd advise seeing the whole show. There's no point asking us what time we're on, ever

And with that, once again I've run out of time before I have made much of a point. Sorry about that. I will try to return to the Broken Family Band love-fest in the future.