I thought these indie rockers from Cincinatti were great at the time and I thought they were greater when I thought back on it. Essentially, they are a midwestern Shellshag who didn’t make it through the long run as a couple have lived to explain the pitfalls and disasters of romantic love and this night played em down to the ground.
Hot off an excellent set at Webster Hall Saturday night, this song is better live but let’s stop beating em up for that and admit it is one of the most original love songs? Self immolations? The Glen Campbell reference just adds to the overwhelming confusion as the drifter becomes a pyromaniac – A
I love looking at Walker play guitar and I love Chuck’s shlubby intensity, he is really great. terrific emotional voice which can take any position Walker wants him to, and on stage they are such equals, they’re like Mates Of State of something, or the Civil Wars maybe. Like an Alt Rock Civil Wars.
Six of these artists are rockers. The Front Bottoms, Cerebral Ballzy and White Lung are relatively (WL dates from 2006) young bands, Wussy has been around since 2001, when Ian was, ahem, a spritely 56 year old. David Gray is a singer songwriter (I mean essentially, right?). So, yeah, for one week only rock makes a comeback.
