![Drink Up Buttercup - Born and Thrown On A Hook](https://newreleasesnow.imgix.net/drink-up-buttercup-born-and-thrown-on-a-hook.jpg?ar=1%3A1&auto=format%2Ccompress&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&ixlib=php-2.1.1&q=25&w=20&s=d6a23d26c87fef45455af9a80390f0be)
Drink Up Buttercup may hail from Philadelphia, but the geography of their debut album Born And Thrown On A Hook is less easily located on a physical map. It's an occasionally surreal mythology filled with tales of hopelessly flawed characters, star-crossed lovers, drunks, fairy tales & bad trips. It exists in a world touched upon previously by Tom Waits, Hans Christian Anderson and Lloyd Kaufman, while musically it follows the direct lineage of classic songwriting: Bowie, The Beatles & The Beach Boys' late 60s lysergia, early Roxy Music, Sabbath's bass heavy pulse & the crescendos of Arcade Fire.