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One of the last great bands from Seattle's alternative music scene, The Presidents of the United States of America are also one of the quirkiest. I stumbled across them almost by accident, seeing a CD in the local thrift store years back which I recognized as "those guys that did 'Lump.'" Listening to it on the drive home, my $3 investment was already paying for itself. Good times.

Of course, most of our veteran readers recognize The Presidents as "those guys did 'Peaches,'" that additively-catchy ditty we embedded on our forums awhile back to much critical acclaim. Good times.

The Presidents stood out from a surrounding music scene that celebrated depressing and brooding lyrical content, by being outright silly and weird. Sure there's some merit to their goofiness, but the lyrics to "Peaches" take on more meaning when contrasted to hits from their Seattle peers such as "I Hate Myself and Want to Die."

Anyways, enough with the reminiscing. Flash back to 1995 with some tracks off their debut album, The Presidents of the United States of America, after the jump.

Kick Out The Jams




Boll Weevil




Peaches




Naked and Famous (feat. Kim Thayil of Soundgarden)




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