Born And Thrown On A Hook

Drink Up Buttercup may hail from Philadelphia but the geography of their debut album Born and Thrown on a Hook is less easily located on a physical map. It's an occasionally surreal mythology filled with tales of hopelessly flawed characters, star-crossed lovers, drunks, fairy tales and bad trips. It exists in a world touched upon previously by Tom Waits, Hans Christian Anderson and Lloyd Kaufman while musically it follows the direct lineage of classic songwriting: Bowie, The Beatles and The Beach Boys' late 60s lysergia, early Roxy Music, Sabbath's bass heavy pulse and the crescendos of Arcade Fire. Recorded meticulously throughout 2009 by Bill Moriarty (Dr. Dog / Man Man) and mixed by Rusty Santos (Animal Collective / Final Fantasy), it perfectly balances consistently catchy melodies with the raw energy of their trashcan pounding live show.