Get The Time

I was a toxic teenage daydreamer. I recorded countless hours of MTV videos, I wrote love songs, I read cassette lyric booklets, I dreamed about one day playing on a stage. All from my basement.

I remember hearing the Descendents for the first time there. My high school buddy, Ryan, raved to me about the band and let me borrow their 1991 compilation, Somery, on CD. I popped it into my player and fell in love immediately. There was so much melody in these unabashed love songs, a sincere connection of pop and angst. I found everything they sang about so relatable. But when I reached track 24, I knew I was hearing one of the most perfect songs ever written.

I was 15 years old and I had yet to see a punk rock show. I couldn’t believe I’d never heard of this band. Not to mention that, by that time I did, they had already disbanded. That is, until 1996, when they reunited and put out Everything Sucks. I’ve seen them many times now and they’re always a blast, but I cherish that first time I heard “Get the Time.”

Words and music by Milo Aukerman
Produced by Jason Travis and CJ Ridings
Engineered and mixed by CJ Ridings
Mastered by Joe Laporta at Sterling Sound

Jason Travis - vocals, guitars, synths
CJ Ridings - bass
Blake Gamel - drums