Do you remember your first punk band? Not like super fast and loud but your first band with actual punk ideals. I remember mine, it was Kind Of Like Spitting. K.O.L.S was a band that was mostly acoustic band that was all about caring, friendship, broken hearts and taking care of the world around you. Their front man Ben Barnett was the first guy who I listened to play a guitar and just say whatever he felt.
I could compare Ben to a modern Bob Dylan. Ben wasn't too emo like Conor Oberst or boring like the Decemberists. Ben was just right, in the middle of all the things I enjoyed about music. He sang very raw, wrote short songs and always put really cool guitar parts in. To be honest i've never heard anyone play a song half as good as Ben does.
Sadly, nowadays Kind Of Like Spitting is broken up. Ben plays in a new band called Blunt Mechanic and teaches at a School Of Rock in Portland. The new stuff definately doesn't touch King Of Like Spitting at all but it's a good try.
If I had to pick one KOLS release that sticks out the most, it would have to be "In The Red." The entire album is always switching up. Songs that are acoustic, songs with a full band, and even songs just with Ben by himself. It's a great album and for me, an album that defined my life and the person that I grew up to become.
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