Prawn- You Can Just Leave It All (2011)

1. At Dawn We Left

2. Wesley's Pipe Dreams

3. Get Down

4. Sammy

5. Clever Hands

6. Horizontal

7. Perfect Equilibrium

8. Slaying A Paper Tiger

9. Questions For Dome Chomsky

10. Transcendental Deduction (Copernican Turn)

Prawn is another awesome local band from North Jersey. They recently got signed to Topshelf and have gone on many nation-wide tours. All of the dudes are super cool as well. I think of them as American Football-esque emo plus Moving Mountains. Tony (the singer and one of two guiatr players) sounds very similar to Kinsella at times. Anyway, they play emo/indie/post-rock and are one of my favorite bands. Their shows are crazy. "Nightmares" and "Artic Foxes" from their old EP are always insane; everyone climbs on top of each other to scream the words into the microphone.


"You Can Just Leave It All" is Prawn's first full length album. "Clever Hands", "At Dawn We Left", and "Sammy" were originally released on their 2010 Tour Tape, but were re-done for the album. All of the songs are very well done and the lyrics have definitely gotten better. The mellow, post-rock instrumentation is very interesting and well done and Tony's vocals fit the music perfectly. I highly recommend this album.