This is a good lyric: “Who’s that shithead in my living room playing Resident Evil?” That line is the centerpiece of “Resident Evil,” the latest single from the Philadelphia indie rock band Friendship. Dan Wriggins, the Friendship frontman who wrote that line, is also a published poet, and sometimes you need an expert wordsmith to come up with a lyric like that. Music in general would be a whole lot better if songwriters cut out all the platitude and therapy-speak, focusing instead on real, concrete issues like shitheads playing video games in their living rooms.
