Suburban Kids With Biblical Names – Rent A Wreck

Last week I was listening to the radio when on comes this Toyota commercial with a familiar tune in the background. After a couple of moments I realized it was Suburban Kids With Biblical Names! I was pleasantly surprised, to say the least.

SKWBN is a band from Sweden consisting of Johan Hedberg and Peter Gunnarson. They formed the band in late 2003, and have 3 releases thus far: two E.P.’s entitled “#1” (2004) and “#2” (2005), and a full-length album entitled “#3” (2005). Their songs are quite catchy, and often feature witty or funny lyrics.

Ironically enough, the song chosen for the Toyota commercials is called “Rent A Wreck”. I just recently saw a television commercial featuring the same music. It’s available on the #1 E.P. and the #3 L.P. Anyway, here’s the song, as well as the music video.

Links: website, myspace

Useless Trivia: They got their name from a lyric in the song “People” by indie rock band Silver Jews.
Even More Useless Trivia: One of the original members of Silver Jews was Stephen Malkmus, who later helped form Pavement.
Super Mega Useless Trivia: The record they’re staring at on the cover of #3 appears to be the 12″ for “Freak Da Girls” by American rapper Turk. Please don’t ask why I even bothered to figure this out… perhaps I was hoping it would turn out to be something really cool or meaningful, but I have no idea how it’s connected to the band. =/  Maybe they just like that record?

-randy