Chosen Family (Lame-O Records), the new record from Philadelphia trio Thin Lips, opens with an snippet from a conversation in which vocalist Chrissy Tashjian lays out her understanding of queerness, saying, “Queer to me means boundary pushing and love and community and relationship.” Fittingly, on this album the band reach beyond the rambunctious indie punk of their debut, Riff Hard. They put a lot of thought into the slow simmer of “It’s Hard to Tell the Difference When You’re Afraid of Literally Everything” or the bass-forward “I Know That I’m the Asshole,” and their use of synths and slide guitar expands their sound without compromising their core of catchy tunes and crunchy riffs.…
Chosen Family (Lame-O Records), the new record from Philadelphia trio Thin Lips, opens with an snippet from a conversation in which vocalist Chrissy Tashjian lays out her understanding of queerness, saying, “Queer to me means boundary pushing and love and community and relationship.” Fittingly, on this album the band reach beyond the rambunctious indie punk of their debut, Riff Hard. They put a lot of thought into the slow simmer of “It’s Hard to Tell the Difference When You’re Afraid of Literally Everything” or the bass-forward “I Know That I’m the Asshole,” and their use of synths and slide guitar expands their sound without compromising their core of catchy tunes and crunchy riffs.…