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August 10, 2005
Head of Femur
Elliott Gould Is In California Split | mp3
Writing your band's requisite "song about L.A." is a tall order, no?
Few songs have the depth to really navigate through the incessant contradictions that define day-to-day life in Los Angeles without resorting to recycled narratives, those equally easy tales of heroic melancholy or jaded scenesterism.
On this track from their second album, Hysterical Stars, released on Spin Art in May, Head of Femur pulls it off, capturing the spastic, neurotic energy of this city that sprawls between desert and ocean, sky and concrete, by taking some measure of the distances that separate these boundaries, and mapping out a terrain both geographic and personal. All in under three minutes.
Oh, and did I mention they're from Nebraska? ...I'm pretty sure this song's about L.A., though.
Almost positive.
I distinctly heard the phrase "back in L.A." more than once.
Well, they're playing at Spaceland next Tuesday, August 16. So if you're in this fair city, go and decipher for yourself. I'll be there for sure.
Listen to a few more songs on their MySpace page.
Posted by matt at August 10, 2005 01:23 AM