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Released over three months ago by Merge Records, the video for “Walls” is as entrancing as the single. The Shout Out Louds converged on Seattle, fresh off of a six-month hiatus, and built a rural barn into a musical temple. The video for “Walls” shows their new sanctuary.
Shout Out Louds – Walls from Merge Records on Vimeo.
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Listen to “1999″ from Work, to be released Feb. 23, 2010
The Shout Out Louds have always had an air of panic about them. On 2005’s outstanding debut, Howl Howl Gaff Gaff, the band found a popster niche with bright melodies and a subdued new wave sound that immediately made them noticeable. Followed in 2007 by the equally great Ill Wills, the band had made two records that forcefully pushed you out the front door and into the great unknown. Whatever stood between you and your dreams was a matter of experience . . . the band and listener were both young, ecstatic about art and love, and wouldn’t settle for a life in the slack tide.
The Shout Out Louds are really rolling out the marketing tools in support of this February’s Work. After receiving an advance copy of Work, “Walls” was undoubtedly the single and stand-out track. “Fall Hard” is an interesting song in the mix . . . a bit mellow and more vocal cadence than most Shout Out Louds work.
The video for “Fall Hard” finds the band backstage before a late-night, european talk show, waiting to perform in the murky smoke of the show’s host
Shout Out Louds – Fall Hard from Merge Records on Vimeo.
mp3: Walls
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Listen to “Walls” from the upcoming (February 23, 2010) Work
There are few bands that I get downright excited about receiving an advanced copy from these days. The Shout Out Louds, after taking a short hiatus in the latter months of 2008, returned to Stockholm to re-invent themselves on an upcoming project. Later, turning a barn into a full-on, musical temple, the band mixed-down what would become Work, to be released this February.
Work finds the Shout Out Louds in a different mode than they were on Our Ill Wills, but still as vibrant and angsty as ever. This track, “Walls”, has been on constant repeat since I received the advance. Review soon to follow.
