Insufficient Funds: Urination Nation

Every once in awhile I like to act like I'm in high school again and put on some fast, short, sloppy punk music -- Some Sloppy Seconds, or F.Y.P. is good -- and just act like a moron, singing and moving along to it. There is something stress-relieving about the visceral nature of such music, at least for me.

Urination Nation, a band from Kalamazoo, Michigan, perfectly achieve that sound, despite having been created in 2007. I'm not entirely sure why the band got together, or even who they are, but I like to imagine it was formed by a group of local musicians that feel exactly like I do and wanted to pay homage to that style of punk. I'm sure sitting down and pounding out 10 songs that clock in at a total of 11 minutes and 20 seconds and focus primarily on bodily fluids was immensely fun for them, and that shows through in the songs.

I've never been able to put in their CD -- which they mailed people for free when they put it out -- without listening to it at least three times through, smiling the whole time. If you've got an appreciation for that kind of music, then chances are you'll enjoy their CD, Urinous Anus We Pee. You might not know who Sean Smith is if you didn't spend countless nights in The Kraftbrau, Kalamazoo's long-lost brewery and music scene staple, but you'll easily be able to get on board with the content behind every other song. I mean, everybody poops, and a vast majority of punk fans have some amount of distaste for the government.

Hit this link to download the entire album for free, or hit the jump to give the whole thing a quick listen.