The LA based band is starting to get huge buzz from their energetic live shows and sophisticated Pavement-esq songs. With the release of their debut album (second as the bands name, first with the new members), "Blacklist the Kid With the Red Mustache" the band presents clanging guitars that rip through the speakers while front man Joey Siara tops it off with political/metaphorical/nonsensical lyrics. From the absurd to the beautiful, track after track the band just makes you smile and want more. Not only are they a great band, but great people, one of us being a previous roommate of the band and the other directing their first music video, we can openly say that we wish the Henry Clay People the best and even without our wishes they will be on your iPOD soon.
THE SEEDY SEEDS
Imagine if a plane carrying the instruments of Casiotone For the Painfully Alone, Arcade Fire, Boy Least Likely To, and Dan Deacon crashed in Cincinnati, OH and two folk singers found the wreckage. This is The Seedy Seeds. Accordion, Banjo, Bass, Cello, Synth, Guitar, Kazoo, Drum Beats…all wrapped around a folk sensibility. The perfect example is the song, “Calliope” off their upcoming album, Change States. The song starts with a bold bass/synth/drum line that makes your toe tap. Before a few loops pass, a folk guitar strums with a few hits of synth. Then a pause…they all come together with a banjo and lyrics…the result: it’s beautiful, like opening the curtains to find a sunny day when it’s supposed to be rainy. This band will fool the casual listener, the first track immediately drawing comparisons to Midnight Movies and the best track; “Earned Average Dance America” will be labeled a LCD Soundsystem B-Side. If anything, this band is a cross between Tap Tap and Sufjan Steven’s early work. The band dares to not only do something new but to also challenge the very boundaries of genre. It seems that all the best new bands these days do.