Modern Baseball first perfected their cannily hook-filled hybrid of Blink-182 pop-punk, The Promise Ring emo, The Hold Steady indie rock, and Weezer power pop in front of their fellow college students in Philadelphia. And that awkward and volatile early-20s stage of life provides inspiration for Brendan Lukens and Jake Ewald's smart, neurotic songs. Self-analyzing and frequently self-deprecating, they run through romantic fumblings of the night before in verbose detail that takes in bad breath, phone data plans, and plenty of alcohol.