EXBF @exbfband.bsky.social · 11/08/2025More new songs + the general joy of making sound together = dream weekend. 050
EXBF @exbfband.bsky.social · 25/05/2025Oh heyyyy, did we just knock out four new songs together like no time has passed? We absolutely did!! 💗💗💗 2160
EXBF @exbfband.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Good news: Chriso still knows how to play drums! After two-ish years away from a kit they’re warming up in Portland before Ex-Boyfriends are reunited and it feels so good in SF later this month. Can you tell which EXBF song these drums belong to? 040
EXBF @exbfband.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Oh hey, it’s Bandcamp Friday! We have our stuff set up as “pay what you want,” but if you pay any money dollars we’ll get all of it without fees. Luxurious!ex-boyfriends.bandcamp.comEx-BoyfriendsColin, Peter, Chriso ♾️ 020
EXBF @exbfband.bsky.social · 25/04/2025This isn’t a cover from the famous musical but we bet Julie Andrews would’ve torn it up on vocals!ex-boyfriends.bandcamp.comThe Sound of Your Music, by Ex-Boyfriendsfrom the album In With 020
EXBF @exbfband.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Back when our songs were on Apple Music (in its iTunes days) we received our two best reviews ever from the scathing, relentless music critic ‘rockchic1.’Personally we love the use of “thus” and “nor” anytime someone discusses our music that makes no sense! 120
EXBF @exbfband.bsky.social · 13/04/2025Another EXBF ear worm for your Saturday! Have we ever played this live successfully without having to start over? Let’s pretend we have! 😅ex-boyfriends.bandcamp.comSticky Legs, by Ex-Boyfriendsfrom the album Line In/Line Out 020
EXBF @exbfband.bsky.social · 12/04/2025Chriso here. I’ve had this song stuck in my head all day and now you can too! @localindy.bsky.social always has a way with lyrics but I always love when he gets pointed with them. A sonic jab to late 2000s Bay Area scenester bands and their devotees.ex-boyfriends.bandcamp.comSaving Face, by Ex-Boyfriendsfrom the album In With 020
EXBF @exbfband.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Thanks for the tip, J-Simp! Get ready for some sssssssssilky smooth vocalsssss on the next album! 🐍💦 040
EXBF @exbfband.bsky.social · 04/04/2025If they put a tariff on music we’re all effed (like we aren’t already 😅) But for now you can pay whatever you want for all of our music on Bandcamp! Bop your head while you watch the realtime dumpster fire burn!! 🤷🏻🎸🎤🥁ex-boyfriends.bandcamp.comEx-BoyfriendsColin, Peter, Chriso ♾️ 030
EXBF @exbfband.bsky.social · 30/03/2025Pop quiz! When we played Spaceland in 2004 which of the following happened: A) We changed the CD player in our rental to say insert dicks instead of insert discs B) Peter got so drunk on promo whiskey he told us a secret fetish C) Colin Porky Pigged it to the bathroom and we all saw his butt 150
EXBF @exbfband.bsky.social · 28/03/2025In honor of Chriso spending some time on the phone with someone named Meghan today (not band related), here’s our song of the same name off of ‘Dear John.’ Bask in the haunting and echoing vocals of Colin and Peter and don’t forget the “Be My Baby” drum ripoff moment.ex-boyfriends.bandcamp.comMeghan, by Ex-Boyfriendsfrom the album Dear John 030
EXBF @exbfband.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Does anyone else need a boost today? You should spend your next 3 minutes with our song “Pickup Line,” the opening from our album ‘In With.’ It’s a paean to the joy of new love and all its electric, anticipatory excitement and it features Colin and Peter harmonizing their brains out!ex-boyfriends.bandcamp.comPick Up Line, by Ex-Boyfriendsfrom the album In With 110
EXBF @exbfband.bsky.social · 23/03/2025Here’s some portraits from the same Clue/murder shoot. Photos by @notsotough.bsky.social of course! 260
EXBF @exbfband.bsky.social · 22/03/2025Yes or yes should we try to replicate this photo for our next album? Bonus points if you’ll be there to pull our ancient asses off of the floor afterward! 🤣 060
EXBF @exbfband.bsky.social · 18/03/2025It’s official!! Chriso is heading to SF at the end of May to work with Colin and Peter on the first new Ex-Boyfriends songs since 2013!!!media.tenor.coma group of muppets are playing instruments in a dark room .ALT: a group of muppets are playing instruments in a dark room . 080
EXBF @exbfband.bsky.social · 16/03/2025It’s a rainy day (where Chriso is at least) so have a little live angst from us at the Hemlock Tavern!!youtu.beEx-Boyfriends: "It's Not Me It's You" Live @ Hemlock TavernYouTube video by ExBoyfriends 130
EXBF @exbfband.bsky.social · 14/03/2025True or False? We once opened for freestyle diva Debbie Deb!!youtu.beWhen I Hear MusicYouTube video by Debbie Deb - Topic 010
EXBF @exbfband.bsky.social · 13/03/2025On August 8, 2005 we had the huge honor to play at THEE Great American Music Hall opening for local faves Loquat and Citizens Here & Abroad. Getting to play at such a beloved SF venue was a huge blast and Chriso sneakily asked mayoral hopeful Matt Gonzalez what he thought of the set - he dug it! 240
EXBF @exbfband.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Still stumbling on old reviews and nice stuff people wrote about us back in the day. Check out this sweet review of ‘Dear John’ from @treblezine.bsky.social!treblezine.comThe Ex-Boyfriends : Dear John - TrebleEx marks the spot. 100
EXBF @exbfband.bsky.social · 10/03/2025A rare quiet moment on ‘Dear John’ as Colin sings out the heartbreaking final moments of a relationship. 030
EXBF @exbfband.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Let’s play a game called “Lyrics Chriso Heard Wrong from Behind the Drum Kit!” First up is “Elements of Withdrawal from our first album, ‘Dear John,’ did Chriso hear as “We all know…we’re cool?” (Truly an insult to @localindy.bsky.social’s superior lyrical skills! 🤣) Listen and guess!ex-boyfriends.bandcamp.comElements of Withdrawal, by Ex-Boyfriendsfrom the album Dear John 020
EXBF @exbfband.bsky.social · 09/03/2025We solemnly swear that we will never attack you with a sudden country album, unlike so many artists today. But if you want something that makes you cry a tear in your beer Ex-Boyfriends style, give this a listen:ex-boyfriends.bandcamp.comGoodnight, by Ex-Boyfriendsfrom the album In With 040
EXBF @exbfband.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Hey hey, we’re on Bandcamp! All 3 of our albums are now available to stream and to download - pay as much or as little as you want! We’ll be adding some demos, non-album tracks and radio sessions soon too, so you can EXBF your hearts out! 💗💗💗ex-boyfriends.bandcamp.comEx-BoyfriendsColin, Peter, Chriso ♾️ 070
EXBF @exbfband.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Bitesize was one of our favorite bands to play shows with AND they even played at Colin’s wedding! Just brilliant and whip smart and tender indie pop perfection. 483
EXBF @exbfband.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Our label really messed the bed on promoting our second album, ‘In With,’ but among the few reviews and press bits we got was one from @magnetmagazine.bsky.social, which was a nerdy freak out for all of us as fans of the mag.magnetmagazine.comEX-BOYFRIENDS: In With [Absolutely Kosher] - Magnet MagazineIt’s not always easy coming up with nice things to say about an ex. But in the case of Ex-Boyfriends, genuine expressions of goodwill aren’t too difficult. The San Francisco trio refines its alternate... 110
EXBF @exbfband.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Yesterday we posted about awkward shows at weird venues, but we always felt right at home at Bottom of the Hill! Back in the day, @pastemagazine.bsky.social posted tons of live sets of SF/Bay Area Bands on their YouTube, including one of us at BotH in 2009. Check it out!youtube.comEx-Boyfriends - 02/28/09 - Bottom of the Hill (Full Concert) - YouTube 030
EXBF @exbfband.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Category is: Super awkward live EXBF shows! We played a bunch of shows bc our label asked us to and they were always suuuuper awkward. This one had us set up in a straight line on the tiny stage-ette in front of the movie screen playing for a bunch of Indian Jones fans who were SO not into us 😅😅😅 320
EXBF @exbfband.bsky.social · 27/02/2025It’s time to put on your white tshirt dress and writhe seductively in the middle of the road! “Burning Up” was our go-to cover song at live shows for ages (and is still an all-time Madonna banger) so check it out and let us know if we were on fiiiyaaah 🔥🔥🔥youtu.beEx-Boyfriends: "Burning Up" Live @ the Rickshaw StopYouTube video by Chris O 240
EXBF @exbfband.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Still thinking about this and how Pitchfork has changed 300% because they rated the latest Taylor Swift album lower than the rating we got back in 2006! You know if they reviewed us now they’d be like “1.0 because not one of them is actually an ex-boyfriend of Tay Tay!!” 🤣media.tenor.comtaylor swift is holding her hand to her forehead while wearing a black shirt .ALT: taylor swift is holding her hand to her forehead while wearing a black shirt . 020
EXBF @exbfband.bsky.social · 26/02/2025And here’s Chriso’s pick in the “choose only one song for us to cover” fantasy poll:youtu.beDum Dum Girls - He Gets Me High [OFFICIAL VIDEO]YouTube video by Sub Pop 030
EXBF @exbfband.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Peter’s pick for “choose only one song we could cover” fantasy music poll is:youtu.beHold On HopeYouTube video by Guided by Voices - Topic 000
EXBF @exbfband.bsky.social · 26/02/2025In a quick and informal poll of “Which song would you pick for us to cover if each of us could only choose one,” here’s Colin’s pick:youtu.beHopelessYouTube video by The Wrens - Topic 020
EXBF @exbfband.bsky.social · 25/02/2025One of the wildest moments in EXBF history was our first album being reviewed by @pitchfork.com and they gave us a 7.0 🤯🤯🤯 A) can you even imagine them reviewing a band like us today and B) they reviewed a new Pearl Jam album the very next day and gave it a 5.5! Take that, Eddie Vedder! 🤣🤣🤣pitchfork.comEx-Boyfriends: Dear JohnDebut album of lovelorn power-pop from this Absolutely Kosher band. 020
EXBF @exbfband.bsky.social · 25/02/2025We were not a new wave band (never say never!) but this photo by @localindy.bsky.social’s husband in front of a warehouse window in 2004 had is feeling out 80s indie band fantasy. But are we too shy shy? Can we just not get enough? Are we walking in L.A.? You tell us! 180
EXBF @exbfband.bsky.social · 23/02/2025We self-released our third album, ‘Line In/Line Out’ in 2010 (our label was trash.) So far it’s been our only vinyl release - cherry red, thank you very much - and we’ve got it up on YouTube as a full playlist. Check it out!!youtube.comLine In/Line Out - YouTubeListen to all the tracks from our third album, Line In/Line Out, in album order! Yay! 060
EXBF @exbfband.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Movies you’ve watched more than six times, gifs only. @localindy.bsky.social and (Chriso’s total combined is likely triple digits 🤣)media.tenor.comsomeone 's got to break ice and it might as well be meALT: someone 's got to break ice and it might as well be me 120
EXBF @exbfband.bsky.social · 21/02/2025We definitely could use a laugh and a little levity today, so here’s some various photos of us cracking up and being very ridiculous while in front of a camera. 📸 (Photos by @notsotough.bsky.social, Fabian Echevaria, Love Ablan and @hifihillary.bsky.social) 060
Reposted by EXBFEXBF @exbfband.bsky.social · 14/02/202514 years ago on Valentine’s Day 2011, the video for our song “Uh-Oh!” from our third album, ‘Line In/Line Out’ was released! It was directed by multimedia artist Love Ablan and tells a tale of queer heartbreak, longing and love. And we didn’t even have to be in it! Enjoy ❤️💔❤️🔥youtu.beEx-Boyfriends - Uh-Oh! Music VideoYouTube video by ExBoyfriends 041
EXBF @exbfband.bsky.social · 14/02/202514 years ago on Valentine’s Day 2011, the video for our song “Uh-Oh!” from our third album, ‘Line In/Line Out’ was released! It was directed by multimedia artist Love Ablan and tells a tale of queer heartbreak, longing and love. And we didn’t even have to be in it! Enjoy ❤️💔❤️🔥youtu.beEx-Boyfriends - Uh-Oh! Music VideoYouTube video by ExBoyfriends 041
EXBF @exbfband.bsky.social · 12/02/2025“We’re in a relationship-ship-ship-ship!” An audience fave song from ‘Dear John’ is the short-n-punchy “Relationship.” Colin belts out a declaration (maybe to himself?) to accept that what you’re in is, you guessed it, a relationship! Circa 2005 at The Hemlock Tavern. 🎸🎤🥁youtu.beEx-Boyfriends: "Relationship" Live @ Hemlock TavernYouTube video by ExBoyfriends 130
EXBF @exbfband.bsky.social · 10/02/2025From Chriso’s ancient pre-iPhone phone, comes a photo-worthy moment of an Ex-Boyfriends divider card at the Tower Records on Market and 15th back in 2006! Any other store we saw our CDs had them filed under the general “E” tab, including Virgin Megastore who charged $19.99 for it! 😱😱😱 140
EXBF @exbfband.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Remember print media?? Well somehow we were actually in some of it way back when. Press isn’t everything, but it was always flattering when people put us in ink and said something nice. And getting voted Best Indie Band by the SF Bay Guardian’s readers in 2008 was truly mind blowing! RIP SFBG!! ❤️ 130
EXBF @exbfband.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Back in 2007 we were lucky enough to have SF-based artist Ed Luce @wuvableoaf.bsky.social design a t-shirt for us! Much to our delight (Peter’s especially!), Ed gave us the brilliant ‘kitty fight’ design which we had printed on olive green and baby blue tees! Do you still have yours? 220
EXBF @exbfband.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Baby’s first professional promo photos!! Back in 2004 we were snapped by the talented photographer and filmmaker, Blioux! They put us in light makeup (so glam!) and then we hammed it up like wild. Our songs are fairly serious but we’re all quite unserious in front of a camera 🤣 130
EXBF @exbfband.bsky.social · 31/01/2025We’ve got a Situation! Back in 2008 we made a music video for our song “Situation” from our second album, ‘In With.’ It was directed by Simone Grudzen and filmed in the basement of the famed Armory building in SF. We were covered in mud and soaking wet all day bc rock-n-roll is glamorous!youtu.beEx-Boyfriends: "Situation"YouTube video by ExBoyfriends 230
EXBF @exbfband.bsky.social · 28/01/2025True or False? Our debut album Dear John featured a fictional couple post breakup and one of them is an actual ex-boyfriend of ours and the other is an ex-friend. Were we psychic when we chose our band name? 😅 #exbfband 120
