Compiled by Jackie Lam
It’s hard to believe that our great string of shows last month with The Monolators and their generous profferings of homemade gourmet pretzels have come to an end. But the end of one good thing is just the beginning of another, right? The Western States Motel will be our residency band for February. And to kick things off, Burial at Sea and WALK will be joining them for our first show with TWSM tonight. I've only just been recently introduced to the music of Western States Motel and Burial at Sea, and I really really dig their stuff. As usual, the show is free, so you can use your cash to enjoy the cheap booze. Doors open at 8:30 pm and the first band goes on at 9 pm, and it's 21+. To give you a taste of just how good these bands are, we’ve included free downloadable Mp3s along with a bit of back story on the tracks from the band themselves.
Andrew of Burial at Sea on “Not My Lover”:
This song was basically the demo song that came on my '91 Casio. I just changed the melody and the chords, then the bass and arrangement. We kept the drum fills though.
Free Download: Burial at Sea – “Not My Lover”
Timmy of WALK on “Icebreaker”
"Icebreaker" is originally from a series of song sketches that I wrote and recorded in a weeklong creative catharsis, coming to terms with the futility of a high-school crush and the startling potential that lay ahead.
Those six tracks, unofficially titled The First Version Two and later handed out at shows as "demos," served as the fuel that kick-started WALK in 2006.
Now, we're finally working on our first full-length album and one of the main ideas is to create a WALK primer. If you were to give someone one album to say "This is WALK," "Icebreaker" would top our list of tracks to include. It seems fitting that this song would be one of the first we learned together, one of the first we recorded for this session, and maybe the first WALK song some RFSL listeners will be hearing.
Free Download: WALK – “Icebreaker”
Carl of The Western States Motel on “Country & Western Song”:
Hey, so this is “Country & Western Song” off the soon-to-be-released new Western States Motel album. Not really a country song, but it all makes sense once you hear it. It's track #2 on the album. Enjoy!
Free Download: The Western States Motel – “Country & Western Song”
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