Frontier Ruckus is a band that thrives as much on its lyrics as it does on its instrumental arrangements. Frontman Matthew Milia’s lyrics oscillate with ease better utter specificity (typically involving references to his home state of Michigan) and broad, speculative poetry. Even so, there are some things Milia just won’t talk about – and he has kindly laid these out for us in his lyrics. So, without further ado, here is a list of (mostly) everything Matthew Milia won’t tell us.
- Who killed who in a Top 40s country song
- All the sins he’s committed with a straight face
- How he abandoned his only companion
- What he farmed in his nightmares
- How he could be loved with all the phantoms in his mind
- The things rotting in the back of Kohl’s
- What they got from Little Caesars for the birthday party
- When Jacqueline is coming home
- What the glass in his friend’s eye implies
- If “it” is worth
- If he can bear the typos on the menu
- The secrets about Rebecca’s sister
- What it means to “go it alone”
- If his friend’s dad falls asleep holding the remote
- What he found in the woods behind the Taco Bell
- If the microphone is malfunctioning or broken
- If sad modernity has had its turn with his companion
- The joke that woke him up
- What made his special day dim
- If the “Queen of the downgrade” got paid for “making beds”
- If he got reimbursed for $27
- What the $27 is for
- If his friend’s dad found work on Craigslist
- If his friend made it back to the night of bluish black
And that’s about sums it up. Will we ever get answers or another Frontier Ruckus record? Only time will tell.
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