Modern Baseball
Emo band
Modern Baseball (sometimes abbreviated as MoBo) was an American emo band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, consisting of Bren Lukens, Jake Ewald, Sean Huber, and Ian Farmer. The band formed in 2012 at Drexel University and released their first album, Sports, on Lame-O Records that same year. Their following albums, You're Gonna Miss It All and Holy Ghost, were released on Run For Cover Records in 2014 and 2016 respectively. The group has been on hiatus since 2017.
History
Early years and success (2011–2016)
Bren Lukens and Jake Ewald met in high school when Lukens was interested in Ewald's twin sister. They belonged to different friend groups but found common ground through music. Their name was inspired by a book that Lukens and Ewald found in Ewald’s basement, titled Modern Baseball Techniques.
The duo would record the EP The Nameless Ranger in 2010. Lukens formed a solo project called BTFL, which released one EP, Dude: The Love of Your Life Has Some Serious Issues, which included the tracks "The Weekend" and "I Think You Were in My Profile Picture Once," that were rerecorded for Modern Baseball's debut studio album Sports in 2012.
Originally from Brunswick, Maryland, they relocated to Philadelphia to attend college, with Lukens attending Chestnut Hill College and Ewald attending Drexel University.
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