Modern Baseball (or Mobo, for short) is an emo band formed by friends Brend… Read Full Bio ↴Modern Baseball (or Mobo, for short) is an emo band formed by friends Brendan Lukens (they/them) and Jake Ewald in the small town of Brunswick, Maryland. Brendan and Jake both went to the same high school, yet they were in completely different circles. Brendan played sports and hung out with the jocks, always wearing a red hoodie. Jake was part of the more "popular group", made up of the more preppy kids, which he was neither.
Jake and his twin sister, Hannah, were both in a "paramore ripoff band" called "Purple Shanty Shack." At the time, Brendan had a huge crush on Hannah and went to one of their shows to try and get closer to her. Whilst they were on the way to the show, they accidentally stepped into dog shit. When Bren arrived at the show, they made a comment about it during small talk with Hannah. Jake always carried an extra pair of shoes with him in his car, so he brought them out and gave them to Bren for the time being. One day, after school, Bren and Jake decided to hang out with each other at Jake's house. They both quickly bonded over their shared love of music and started hanging out more, jamming with each other. One day, the two of them were rummaging around in Jake's basement and found a book called "Modern Baseball Techniques." This would inspire the name of the band, a majority of their branding, and their compilation cd "Techniques" released in 2014.
After the two of them saw the book, they decided to form the band, performing their first show in one of their friend's garages. The two of them graduated and both moved to Philadelphia, Bren going to Chestnut Hill College and Jake going to Drexel University. At the time, Philidelphia had a young but explosive underground punk/emo scene, and the two of them became very interested in the scene. The two of them recorded their first ep, "The Nameless Ranger" all by themselves and released it on November 11th, 2011. Jake also met Ian Farmer at Drexel, who was a massive ska nerd at the time. The three of them quickly got along with each other, performing their first major show at the "Micheal Jordan House" on the campus of Drexel. The house was named after the fact that admission for any show would be either $3, or a picture of Jordan's face. The music video for their song "The Weekend" was performed in the basement of the Jordan house.
In Autumn 2012, Jake, Bren, and Ian all went into the studio in Drexel to record "Sports", their debut album, which was released on November 27th, 2012. The lyrical content of the album mostly consisted of girls, beer, and sports themselves. Jake played all of the drum parts on the album, as they didn't have a drummer yet. For the shows that they did play, they usually had a friend of the band fill in for them on drums. However, at one of the shows, the trio met and soon became friends with Sean Huber, who was a few years older than the rest of the band and could grow a cool beard. They all got along with each other, and Sean soon joined the band. At these basement shows, many regarded Modern Baseball as one of the greats in the slowly blossoming 4th wave emo scene, also known as the emo revival. The now 4 of them soon became good friends with many members of the scene, most notably Marietta, Old Gray, The Hundred Acre Woods, & Julia Brown. They would eventually release a split with all of them, "Couples Therapy" with Marietta in 2012, "4-Way V-Day Split" which as the title implies, is a 4-way-split between Mobo (which features an acoustic version of "Its Cold Out Here" from "Couples Therapy" called "Phone Tag"), Julia Brown, The Hundred Acre Woods and Old Gray, which came out on Valentine's Day 2013, and another split between just Mobo and The Hundred Acre Woods, also released in 2013.
The band soon embarked on their first full on U.S. tour, playing basement and or bar shows at whatever venue that they could find available. Many other bands from the emo scene around then joined Mobo on tour, such as The Menzingers, Lee Hartney, Ted Nguyent, and Cayetana. Also around this time, the quartet signed to Run for Cover records, gearing up to release their sophmore LP, You're Gonna Miss It All, which soon released on February 11th, 2014. For promotion for this album, Bren said that they would shave the avatar arrow into their hair if the album got over 1,000 pre-orders. It went very much over that, and Bren stuck with the nearly bald haircut for the rest of the Mobo career. Once again the band (mostly) tackled production by themselves, and the album peaked on 97 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart. The band went on another tour, this time with the Wonder Years, later touring Europe with bands such as Knuckle Puck, Foxing, Crying, and Somos.
On October 23rd, 2015, the quartet released "Mobo Presents: The Perfect Cast EP Featuring Modern Baseball", their 2nd EP. The EP is extremely important to the trajectory of Mobo moving foward because of their sound change presented here. Whilst their projects before this were more snarky and lighthearted even through the circumstances and lyrical topics, The Perfect Cast wallowed in the sorrow. This is mostly speculated to be because in mid-2015, Bren was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and attempted to kill themselves. The band at the time, cancelled their tour and would (for the most part) step away from touring as much as they did after this event. The band announced in late 2015 that their third LP, Holy Ghost, began development. In February of the next year, the band announced the release date of May 13th via Run for Cover in the US/Canada, and Big Scary Monsters everywhere else. In May, the record released. The concept of this record was split into half, depending on which member was writing and performing the vocals. Jake took up the songs Holy Ghost to Hiding, with his main lyrical focus being on losing a loved one. Bren took up the other side, from Coding These to Lukens and the closer Just Another Face. Their side mostly focused on depression and death.
In May 2016, the band embarked on their next tour, promoting The Perfect Cast and Holy Ghost with Joyce Manor and Thin Lips. Later in 2016, they would support acts such as The Front Bottoms and Brand New. In December 2016, Jake would start the (at the time) solo side project, Slaughter Beach, Dog. Sean would also start a new band, Steady Hands, where he would provide vocals. In January 2017, Bren would announce on Instagram that they would not be joining the band on their Europe/UK tour, to focus more on their mental health. The month after that, the band would cancel the tour all together, also citing their mental health as a reason for this.
In the meantime, Ian joined Slaughter Beach, Dog, and Sean would continue to focus on Steady Hands, releasing their debut. A few months later, the band announced that they would be going on indefinite hiatus. In a June 2017 interview with Jake, he remarked saying "let's not call it a breakup and make a huge deal about it and have a 'Last Show Ever' or anything like that. Let's just take it easy for now, and if we wake up and want to do it again, then let's do it". They performed a one off show supporting Daniel Johnston on his last US tour, which would also be their final performance as Modern Baseball. In an October 2017 interview, Jake confirmed that the band no longer had plans to perform again.
In the years following the "end" of Modern Baseball, all of the members have been doing their own thing. Sean became a father and continued to work on Steady Hands, releasing 2 albums. Jake and Ian are still working on Slaughter Beach, Dog, and currently have 5 albums and a few eps. Bren has been a different case - for the most part they have been laying low, and doing their own thing. They have been mostly absent on social media, however they did reappear on Instagram for the 10th anniversary of Sports.
Jake and his twin sister, Hannah, were both in a "paramore ripoff band" called "Purple Shanty Shack." At the time, Brendan had a huge crush on Hannah and went to one of their shows to try and get closer to her. Whilst they were on the way to the show, they accidentally stepped into dog shit. When Bren arrived at the show, they made a comment about it during small talk with Hannah. Jake always carried an extra pair of shoes with him in his car, so he brought them out and gave them to Bren for the time being. One day, after school, Bren and Jake decided to hang out with each other at Jake's house. They both quickly bonded over their shared love of music and started hanging out more, jamming with each other. One day, the two of them were rummaging around in Jake's basement and found a book called "Modern Baseball Techniques." This would inspire the name of the band, a majority of their branding, and their compilation cd "Techniques" released in 2014.
After the two of them saw the book, they decided to form the band, performing their first show in one of their friend's garages. The two of them graduated and both moved to Philadelphia, Bren going to Chestnut Hill College and Jake going to Drexel University. At the time, Philidelphia had a young but explosive underground punk/emo scene, and the two of them became very interested in the scene. The two of them recorded their first ep, "The Nameless Ranger" all by themselves and released it on November 11th, 2011. Jake also met Ian Farmer at Drexel, who was a massive ska nerd at the time. The three of them quickly got along with each other, performing their first major show at the "Micheal Jordan House" on the campus of Drexel. The house was named after the fact that admission for any show would be either $3, or a picture of Jordan's face. The music video for their song "The Weekend" was performed in the basement of the Jordan house.
In Autumn 2012, Jake, Bren, and Ian all went into the studio in Drexel to record "Sports", their debut album, which was released on November 27th, 2012. The lyrical content of the album mostly consisted of girls, beer, and sports themselves. Jake played all of the drum parts on the album, as they didn't have a drummer yet. For the shows that they did play, they usually had a friend of the band fill in for them on drums. However, at one of the shows, the trio met and soon became friends with Sean Huber, who was a few years older than the rest of the band and could grow a cool beard. They all got along with each other, and Sean soon joined the band. At these basement shows, many regarded Modern Baseball as one of the greats in the slowly blossoming 4th wave emo scene, also known as the emo revival. The now 4 of them soon became good friends with many members of the scene, most notably Marietta, Old Gray, The Hundred Acre Woods, & Julia Brown. They would eventually release a split with all of them, "Couples Therapy" with Marietta in 2012, "4-Way V-Day Split" which as the title implies, is a 4-way-split between Mobo (which features an acoustic version of "Its Cold Out Here" from "Couples Therapy" called "Phone Tag"), Julia Brown, The Hundred Acre Woods and Old Gray, which came out on Valentine's Day 2013, and another split between just Mobo and The Hundred Acre Woods, also released in 2013.
The band soon embarked on their first full on U.S. tour, playing basement and or bar shows at whatever venue that they could find available. Many other bands from the emo scene around then joined Mobo on tour, such as The Menzingers, Lee Hartney, Ted Nguyent, and Cayetana. Also around this time, the quartet signed to Run for Cover records, gearing up to release their sophmore LP, You're Gonna Miss It All, which soon released on February 11th, 2014. For promotion for this album, Bren said that they would shave the avatar arrow into their hair if the album got over 1,000 pre-orders. It went very much over that, and Bren stuck with the nearly bald haircut for the rest of the Mobo career. Once again the band (mostly) tackled production by themselves, and the album peaked on 97 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart. The band went on another tour, this time with the Wonder Years, later touring Europe with bands such as Knuckle Puck, Foxing, Crying, and Somos.
On October 23rd, 2015, the quartet released "Mobo Presents: The Perfect Cast EP Featuring Modern Baseball", their 2nd EP. The EP is extremely important to the trajectory of Mobo moving foward because of their sound change presented here. Whilst their projects before this were more snarky and lighthearted even through the circumstances and lyrical topics, The Perfect Cast wallowed in the sorrow. This is mostly speculated to be because in mid-2015, Bren was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and attempted to kill themselves. The band at the time, cancelled their tour and would (for the most part) step away from touring as much as they did after this event. The band announced in late 2015 that their third LP, Holy Ghost, began development. In February of the next year, the band announced the release date of May 13th via Run for Cover in the US/Canada, and Big Scary Monsters everywhere else. In May, the record released. The concept of this record was split into half, depending on which member was writing and performing the vocals. Jake took up the songs Holy Ghost to Hiding, with his main lyrical focus being on losing a loved one. Bren took up the other side, from Coding These to Lukens and the closer Just Another Face. Their side mostly focused on depression and death.
In May 2016, the band embarked on their next tour, promoting The Perfect Cast and Holy Ghost with Joyce Manor and Thin Lips. Later in 2016, they would support acts such as The Front Bottoms and Brand New. In December 2016, Jake would start the (at the time) solo side project, Slaughter Beach, Dog. Sean would also start a new band, Steady Hands, where he would provide vocals. In January 2017, Bren would announce on Instagram that they would not be joining the band on their Europe/UK tour, to focus more on their mental health. The month after that, the band would cancel the tour all together, also citing their mental health as a reason for this.
In the meantime, Ian joined Slaughter Beach, Dog, and Sean would continue to focus on Steady Hands, releasing their debut. A few months later, the band announced that they would be going on indefinite hiatus. In a June 2017 interview with Jake, he remarked saying "let's not call it a breakup and make a huge deal about it and have a 'Last Show Ever' or anything like that. Let's just take it easy for now, and if we wake up and want to do it again, then let's do it". They performed a one off show supporting Daniel Johnston on his last US tour, which would also be their final performance as Modern Baseball. In an October 2017 interview, Jake confirmed that the band no longer had plans to perform again.
In the years following the "end" of Modern Baseball, all of the members have been doing their own thing. Sean became a father and continued to work on Steady Hands, releasing 2 albums. Jake and Ian are still working on Slaughter Beach, Dog, and currently have 5 albums and a few eps. Bren has been a different case - for the most part they have been laying low, and doing their own thing. They have been mostly absent on social media, however they did reappear on Instagram for the 10th anniversary of Sports.
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Modern Baseball Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Modern Baseball:
@chl03k I'd rather spend my evenings Than having you come over So it…
Alpha Kappa Fall Of Troy The Movie Part Deux Downstairs, halfway dead, Suckin down coffee from a black ol…
Apartment The first time I saw you was in your apartment I…
Apple Cider I Don't Mind Did you ever love me? Biopsy from the origin of sound Conf…
Best Friend I'm the best friend you have in this town, or…
Breathing In Stereo I can't help thinking about you this whole ride home From…
Broken Cash Machine Home alone on friday night No better time for exercise And w…
Casket Though you might think you′re cute It's not so giggly, when…
Charlie Black I'm pretty good at feeling sorry for myself Making up fake…
Cooke I'm circling the drain with all my problems in hand…
Everyday You hold my hand You hold your liquor Projection screen H…
Fine Great I hate worrying about the future Cause all my current…
Going to Bed Now What do you give someone who's already got one of…
Hiding Take the train to Frankford I won't answer when they call I…
Holy Ghost He's been haunting my dreams at night I've been bleeding fro…
Home Blind of our futures Destined to shoes we know won't…
Hope I speak soft hoping you'll hear me Not too busy searching…
Hours Outside in the Snow I spent all of Christmas Eve fake angry at you…
How Do I Tell A Girl I Want To Kiss Her She smiles bites her lips and turns away, from that…
I Think You Were in My Profile Picture Once I saw you from the bottom of the stairs before…
Intersection Standing at your intersection Misinterpreting directions See…
It's Cold Out Here Don't call me now, I am in bed. I've sacrificed all…
Just Another Face I'm a waste of time and space Drifting through my selfish…
Look Out Look out I'm on a search for self destruction Crawling…
Mass Pulled over at midday The joker's still wet behind the ears …
My Love My love, my love is more than enough To fight…
Note To Self Holt's above my hideout I dug this hole beneath the floorboa…
Notes Dear "long, dark hair", I write cause I know you'll…
Play Ball! These words were thrown together When I still had my faith…
Pothole The fossils of my footsteps will be unearthed at a…
Re-Do I wanna start from the top, maybe like a do-over…
Re-Done She said, "Lets start from the top just rid of…
Re‐Do I wanna start from the top, maybe like a do-over Replace…
Rock Bottom Is he here? Are you making out? I can you hear…
See Ya Sucker I reckon you grew up in a town that said…
Short You're a love searching urchin, worst part you're not one…
Tears Over Beers When I was just a boy, we'll call it 15…
The Old Gospel Choir There's a tombstone in the brush with your name on…
The Weekend Though I seem cool, calm and collected Making my way to…
Timmy Bowers Wait a minute cause I've been living more like a…
Two Good Things Trying hard not to look like I'm trying that hard Failing…
Wedding Singer Find it hard to believe tonight In a curiously well-kept ho…
What If When I was younger I thought of caring As a reason for…
Your Graduation It's been a day or years of me thinkin' 'bout…
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@Ritsoz
Didn't watch your ex’s set.
I just left and thought about you;
like when your teeth graze those lips, when you begin to smile.
Later, you took my hand.
You lead us to the doorway,
but you let go of me once you saw all your friends.
And I've known you forever.
At least that's what I tell Jake, when I'm too drunk to walk home, when your brother is away.
You suggested I write a song about the first time we met,
but I can't seem to remember where or when.
Couldn't watch your ex's set.
Instead I wrote this song about you.
Thought, "would you show your kids, if you found the time was right?"
You'd tell them where and when.
You never thought I'd leave the east coast.
We were young and full of sin. And I too dumb to understand.
Yet I've loved you forever.
At least that's what I tell Holt, when I'm too drunk to lie, too drugged to be alone.
You suggested I write a song about the first time we met,
well I don't wanna remember there or then.
So, is this the hook you wanted?
Is it stuck inside your head?
Can you sing it with your friends, or alone?
So, am I what you needed?
Say you love me to my face, grin and gossip, walk away and then go...
"So is this the hook you wanted?
To sing about me to my friends?
Well you're just stuck inside your head, all alone.
Oh, you were all I needed.
Said I loved you to your face, but you just laughed and walked away."
@hashtag2452
Didn’t watch your ex’s set
I just left and thought about you;
Like when your teeth graze those lips
When you begin to smile
Later, you took my hand
You lead us to the doorway
But you let go of me
Once you saw all your friends
And I’ve known you forever
At least that’s what I tell Jake
When I’m too drunk to walk home
When your brother is away
You suggested I write a song about the first time we met
But I can’t seem to remember where or when
Couldn’t watch your ex’s set
Instead I wrote this song about you
Thought, "would you show your kids, if you found the time was right?”
You’d tell them where and when
You never thought I’d leave the east coast
We were young and full of sin
And I too dumb to understand
Yet I’ve loved you forever
At least that’s what I tell Holt
When I’m too drunk to lie, too drugged to be alone
You suggested I write a song about the first time we met
Well I don’t wanna remember there or then
So, is this the hook you wanted?
Is it stuck inside your head?
Can you sing it with your friends, or alone?
So, am I what you needed?
Say you love me to my face
Grin and gossip, walk away and then go…
“So is this the hook you wanted?
To sing about me to my friends?
Well you’re just stuck inside your head, all alone
You were all I needed
Said I loved you to your face
But you just laughed and walked away
@CC-dv5eb
The thing I love most about music, is that a certain song is always unchanging no matter what goes on in your life.
A song can be there when you're dancing with your first girlfriend. A song can be there when you're at a university graduation party. A song can be there when you're showing your second daughter all the music you used to love.
A song can be there when you're daughter is a teenager and you walk past her room and you hear her listening to it.
A song can be there one day when you're sixty seven and driving down a highway and it comes on the radio.
The same song has been with you for so many parts of your life, being the single constant that doesn't change.
@InconspicuousOwl
Wow. This comment is just phenomenal. o.o
@Charlieeee468
Really well put
@dbegay14
Lol upper middle class shit
@HalfricanJones
Agreed, my daughter is gonna know how music saved my life, and helped put trauma to rest.
@myknic
love this comment :) sitting here as a mom listening after years of not being able to listen to my high-school fave "depressing" songs/bands. it feels good to be able to enjoy my old faves in a newer and healthier perspective.
@ifartedittickled
8 years later and this still hits
@JustinnnZombie
There are 3 steps you MUST take when listening to Modern Baseball
1.) Lay down
2.) Try not to cry
3.) Cry a lot
@DH-300
legendofjustin they broke up because of comments like this.... Good grief!!!! Cheer up sucker!!!
@ididthisforthecomments.5893
Daniel Hayes it’s more complicated than that lol. The band members are all sad boys anyways themselves.