Andrew Jackson Jihad-People Who Eat People are the Luckiest People in the World
Asian Man
September 11, 2007

Okay. Everyone knows that acoustic, folk laden punk is big right now. Against Me! are living the high life in major label land (probably not, and their sound is much different now), and acoustic side projects are popping out like bunnies at the start of spring. Andrew Jackson Jihad are somewhat different, but not really. They are a full band, with drums and bass and acoustic guitars. The vocals, goofy sounding but fun loving and very catchy, remind me of Ghost Mice. The lyrics are pretty dark, but sung in a way that will make the listener happy. They basically and admittedly are highly influenced by (I believe its called an homage) Woody Guthrie, only if Guthrie played songs at about 78 rpms and put a much happier spin on even the darkest of moments.

Written by: RF
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