Modern Baseball

Modern Baseball formed at Drexel University, Philadelphia in 2012 where songwriters Brendan Lukens and Jake Ewald began writing catchy pop-punk-influenced indie rock, with nods to the likes of Say Anything and Motion City Soundtrack alongside the lyrical nous of Dashboard Confessional and the wit of the Front Bottoms. The high school friends started out as an acoustic act, but after they met Sean Huber (drums) and Ian Farmer (bass) at a typical college house party, they became a four-piece. Lukens and Ewald were in the midst of recording their debut record, Sports, at the university studios when Huber and Farmer joined, and it was released soon afterwards. The album quickly gained local traction and eventually, in 2013, online buzz started to pick up for their lo-fi songs that captured the awkwardness of teenagers surrounded by social media, and bungling relationships with girls. The quartet remained at university while taking time out when they could to tour, but that changed when they were offered a support slot with fellow Philly-based outfit the Wonder Years and they penned a deal with Run for Cover Records. They returned to the studio later that year to record their follow-up, You're Gonna Miss It All, which appeared in early 2014.