Song of the Day 4/13: Less Than Jake, “The State of Florida”

As pop-punk band Less Than Jake noted in this 2008 song, Florida is sinking into the sea. I would note that the process isn’t going fast enough.

Unlike, say, Neil Young writing about Southern men, LTJ’s critique came from inside — the band’s album “GNV FLA,” released in 2008, is named for their hometown, Gainesville. Since-departed drummer and lyricist Vinnie Fiorello said, “It was tribute to the state of Florida. I focused a lot on the darker side of what Florida has, instead of the good things. I concentrated on drug dealers and tourists and real estate scams and trailer parks and transients.”

If he rewrote it today, he’d have a lot more negative examples to cite.