Started just a few years ago by Nic Good and Benny Capaul, ska-punk band The Boy Detective have expanded into a full-fledged, tongue-in-cheek ska project marked by their charm and wit. Last month the band released their first full-length album Exhibition, combining two earlier EPs called Art Theft and Banned From the Bathtub, highlighting the band’s unique sound and sense of humor.
Today, the band are debuting the lyric video for their new holiday single “I Renounce Verdukianism!” While the title may reference a holiday-themed episode of the hit sitcom 30 Rock, the song itself is something entirely different, depicting a depressingly lonesome holiday in the most hilarious way possible. With a rollicking ska-punk energy, it harkens back to the hilarious ska-punk comedy bands of the ’90s like Reel Big Fish.
“’Tis the season of disastrous relationships and crippling self-isolation,” explains Capul about the song, “mixed with stretched-out and holey stockings overflowing with regret and jealousy. Deck the halls with subzero apartments and frostbitten appendages—‘I didn’t need those three fingers anyway!’ Happy Holidays from The Boy Detective!”
Check out the lyric video below.
The Boy Detective will be playing tonight at Christmas in Ida in Ida, Michigan.
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