LA LUZ SHARE "PINK SLIME," NEW MP3 SINGLE FROM DEBUT ALBUM IT'S ALIVE, DUE OUT 10/15
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MP3 - "Pink Slime"
MP3 - "Big Big Blood"
We're less than one month away from the release of It's Alive, the debut full-length from Seattle's most talked-about new band, La Luz. This week, the band offers another taste of this anticipated record: the peppy "Pink Slime," which handily demonstrates the band's enviable knock for disarming four-part harmonies and searing surf melodies. To stream or download the track, visit Stereogum.com, the Hardly Art Soundcloud page, or click the link above. See below for a full list of La Luz's upcoming performances, including their fall tour with of Montreal.
About the record:
Seattle’s La Luz recorded their debut EP, Damp Face, in a small trailer on a hot August day. But barring the inevitable “no-AC-in-the-van” summer tour calamity, La Luz runs cool. Their brand of coolness isn’t about distance or affect; it’s a mood, and—sue me, but I’m about to totally rip off Zelda Fitzgerald: Something about this music vibrates to the dusky, dreamy smell of dying moons and shadows. So yeah, that kind of cool.
Still, La Luz’s live shows, more than most these days, are about connection. It’s evident that the four ridiculously talented ladies on stage are not only playing music with each other, but for each other. And they engage their audience as well. Like a proper punk band—which they are not— they give you shit for not dancing. They convey a gritty self-possession, a sense that they’ve been there and back again. And, like the expert, but seemingly effortless, surf licks and meandering bass lines that rise and fall throughout their songs, their mocking is playful and dreamy and disarming enough to get most of the crowd (and sometimes the keyboard player) dancing down the center line of a soul train.
But as any half-assed Freudian will tell you, there can be no meaningful connection without first weathering some dark and lonely times. Here comes the chilly part: What makes La Luz stand out—and stand out fast—the band has only been playing together for a year and people took notice almost immediately—is that this is a band that embodies that most elusive slant on the human condition: longing, and the fleeting relief that tags alongside deep desire.
Tour dates:
HI-RES ALBUM ARTWORK HERE
HI=RES BAND PHOTOS BY ANGEL CEBALLOS: 01, 02, 03, 04
MP3 - "Pink Slime"
MP3 - "Big Big Blood"
We're less than one month away from the release of It's Alive, the debut full-length from Seattle's most talked-about new band, La Luz. This week, the band offers another taste of this anticipated record: the peppy "Pink Slime," which handily demonstrates the band's enviable knock for disarming four-part harmonies and searing surf melodies. To stream or download the track, visit Stereogum.com, the Hardly Art Soundcloud page, or click the link above. See below for a full list of La Luz's upcoming performances, including their fall tour with of Montreal.
About the record:
Seattle’s La Luz recorded their debut EP, Damp Face, in a small trailer on a hot August day. But barring the inevitable “no-AC-in-the-van” summer tour calamity, La Luz runs cool. Their brand of coolness isn’t about distance or affect; it’s a mood, and—sue me, but I’m about to totally rip off Zelda Fitzgerald: Something about this music vibrates to the dusky, dreamy smell of dying moons and shadows. So yeah, that kind of cool.
Still, La Luz’s live shows, more than most these days, are about connection. It’s evident that the four ridiculously talented ladies on stage are not only playing music with each other, but for each other. And they engage their audience as well. Like a proper punk band—which they are not— they give you shit for not dancing. They convey a gritty self-possession, a sense that they’ve been there and back again. And, like the expert, but seemingly effortless, surf licks and meandering bass lines that rise and fall throughout their songs, their mocking is playful and dreamy and disarming enough to get most of the crowd (and sometimes the keyboard player) dancing down the center line of a soul train.
But as any half-assed Freudian will tell you, there can be no meaningful connection without first weathering some dark and lonely times. Here comes the chilly part: What makes La Luz stand out—and stand out fast—the band has only been playing together for a year and people took notice almost immediately—is that this is a band that embodies that most elusive slant on the human condition: longing, and the fleeting relief that tags alongside deep desire.
Tour dates:
09.20.13 - Seattle, WA - Neumos %
09.21.13 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom %
10.12.13 - Seattle, WA - Crocodile !
10.15.13 - Seattle, WA - FREE, all-ages in-store at Sonic Boom! 6pm
10.28.13 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg *
10.29.13 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland *
10.30.13 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall *
10.31.13 - Madison, WI - Majestic Theatre *
11.01.13 - Minneapolis, MN - Cedar Cultural Center *
11.02.13 - Omaha, NE - Waiting Room *
11.03.13 - Denver, CO - Marquis Theater *
11.04.13 - Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge *
11.05.13 - Boise, ID - Korah Shrine *
11.06.13 - Seattle, WA - Neumos *
11.07.13 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom *
11.08.13 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall *
11.09.13 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall *
11.10.13 - Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex *
11.11.13 - Los Angeles, CA - Largo at The Coronet *
11.12.13 - Tucson, AZ - Club Congress *
11.14.13 - Dallas, TX - Trees *
11.15.13 - Austin, TX - Mohawk *
11.16.13 - New Orleans, LA - Howlin' Wolf *
11.17.13 - Atlanta, GA - Terminal West *
! - Album release show plus dance competition! w/ Dude York
* - w/ Of Montreal
% - w/ Growlers
09.21.13 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom %
10.12.13 - Seattle, WA - Crocodile !
10.15.13 - Seattle, WA - FREE, all-ages in-store at Sonic Boom! 6pm
10.28.13 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg *
10.29.13 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland *
10.30.13 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall *
10.31.13 - Madison, WI - Majestic Theatre *
11.01.13 - Minneapolis, MN - Cedar Cultural Center *
11.02.13 - Omaha, NE - Waiting Room *
11.03.13 - Denver, CO - Marquis Theater *
11.04.13 - Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge *
11.05.13 - Boise, ID - Korah Shrine *
11.06.13 - Seattle, WA - Neumos *
11.07.13 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom *
11.08.13 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall *
11.09.13 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall *
11.10.13 - Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex *
11.11.13 - Los Angeles, CA - Largo at The Coronet *
11.12.13 - Tucson, AZ - Club Congress *
11.14.13 - Dallas, TX - Trees *
11.15.13 - Austin, TX - Mohawk *
11.16.13 - New Orleans, LA - Howlin' Wolf *
11.17.13 - Atlanta, GA - Terminal West *
! - Album release show plus dance competition! w/ Dude York
* - w/ Of Montreal
% - w/ Growlers
HI-RES ALBUM ARTWORK HERE
HI=RES BAND PHOTOS BY ANGEL CEBALLOS: 01, 02, 03, 04