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In case you aren’t hip with the 82nd Greatest Album in Indie Rock History, may I present the video for The Embarrassment’s “I’m a Don Juan”.
Nerd rock before there ever was such a genre (wait, is that even a genre now?), the Embarrassment were Wichita’s biggest export there for a short period in the early ’80s, and for good reason. These down home boys rocked angular rhythms, had idiotic lyrics (a love song to a lawn chair?), maintained a sense of humor about themselves, and did everything totally DIY.
If you’ve ever used the words indie and rock together and you happen to see one of these four guys in person, make sure you buy them a beer because you definitely owe ‘em one.