Lump guitarist and vocalist Lou Thevenot readily admits that he often writes lyrics that are "kind of nonsense."

So it was easy for an onlooker at a recent gig to interpret the incredulous look he shot saxophonist Ben Ellman in the midst of "Hole In the Sky" as, "Can you believe the shit I'm singing?"

No, laughs Thevenot when asked about it a few days later, "It was probably, 'I can't believe the shit you're playing.' He hates that song. That's like the Lump punk-rock song that Ben has ...