Press Release (Rockin' the Suburbs)
Girlie Action Media and Marketing
Summer 2001

Ben Folds
Rockin’ the Suburbs
(Epic Records)
September 11

He’s the skinny guy who never got picked in gym class. He’s the brooding musical genius who made it okay to laugh at the jocks. He’s made some of the most intelligent pop music to ever hit Top 40 radio.

You are now amongst the first to hear what everyone’s been waiting for…
Rockin’ the Suburbs, Ben Folds’ long-awaited solo release, is finally ready to rock our worlds. Jam-packed with Folds’ signature kamikaze piano playing, infectious melodies, and Broadway-style bravado, Rockin’ the Suburbs reminds us just how much we’ve missed him.

As the perennial voice of suburban sarcasm, Folds remains the ultimate observer. The bard of high school has gone off to college, singing of just how much "it hurts to grow up, and everybody does" (from the subtly cynical "Still Fighting It"). As usual, Folds puts words to what we’ve been thinking for years with Rockin’ the Suburbs. Privileged white boys have very little to complain about, yet they make millions doing it everyday. Unafraid Folds blows the whistle on his "white boy pain," begging us to laugh along with him at the utter ridiculousness of it all.

Pop music is in dire need of a dose of Ben Folds.
Call it perfect timing…