{"id":6062,"date":"2017-10-16T14:04:14","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T19:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/?p=6062"},"modified":"2018-08-20T16:35:08","modified_gmt":"2018-08-20T21:35:08","slug":"rozwell-kid-humorous-power-pop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/rozwell-kid-humorous-power-pop\/","title":{"rendered":"Rozwell Kid’s Jordan Hudkins on why they’re like Lionel Hutz and Wendell"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the first line of \u201cKangaroo Pocket,\u201d the opening track<\/a> of Rozwell Kid\u2019s 2014 album Too Shabby<\/em>, frontman Jordan Hudkins sings about how season three of The Simpsons<\/em> and a thing of hummus is all he needs in life. This begs the question: To a fan like Hudkins, with which Simpsons<\/em> character does he feel his band has the most in common?<\/p>\n

\u201cProbably Wendell, the kid who throws up all the time on the bus,\u201d Hudkins says. \u201cAnd then we grow up to be Lionel Hutz, pretending like we know what we\u2019re doing but we have no clue.\u201d<\/p>\n

But the West Virginia-based Rozwell Kid seems to know exactly<\/em> what they\u2019re doing, and that\u2019s making pitch-perfect and often absurdly humorous power pop records that exist at the crossroads of Weezer, Blink-182 and Thin Lizzy. (\u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019ve read a single article about Rozwell Kid that doesn\u2019t have Weezer in the first paragraph,\u201d he jokes.) Their latest, Precious Art<\/em>, includes everything from brutally honest pop gems to hilarious 50-second throwaways about being turned into a dog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ahead of their Oct. 17 show<\/a> at High Noon Saloon with The World is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die and Ratboys, The Bozho<\/em> spoke with Hudkins to talk about keeping things light and learning as you go.<\/p>\n

You use a lot of humor in your songs. You even have a love song about boogers<\/a>. How do you strike a balance between making something funny and turning it into a joke?
\n<\/strong>That\u2019s a fine line that I make a conscious effort to straddle, if that\u2019s the right word. I don\u2019t want to be a joke band. There\u2019s a lot of sincerity in Rozwell Kid\u2019s material, and everything comes from a real place with real emotions. I feel like sometimes it\u2019s just the way I talk and the way I approach things. I\u2019m a little tongue-in-cheek and I appreciate the levity that humor can bring to a situation. Sometimes turning things into a joke makes reality a little easier to swallow.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a way of taking something serious and presenting it in a way that people don\u2019t have to dwell on it too much.
\n<\/strong>It takes the sting out of some things which is cool. You know that Mary Poppins <\/em>[line] \u201ca spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down\u201d? I think it just comes across naturally in the way I communicate, and my influences have always been rooted in comedy and humor and tongue-in-cheek.<\/p>\n