The wonderful and wonky harmonious beauty of "Goodnight", by Austin Texas based Being Dead, has the rare distinction of sounding all at once like a raucous 60's track by the bohemian folksters Mamas and the Papas and 2009-ish The Babies (the too short lived Brooklyn based project of Kevin Morby and Cassie Ramone) and 90's Tiger Trap and progressive new wavers like Television, Pavement, Pere Ubu. Truth be told, Being Dead, ie Falcon Bitch and Gumball (at it's core) don't sound like anyone else because they are exquisitely unique. Like other songs I have written about "Goodnight" feels like a soundtrack to a very different, surprising indie movie that you will never forget. Another thing is that their songs, generally, move so amazingly well, galloping, swaying and then make surprising left turns and fall down stairs or charge up them or run at full speed down garden rock mazes. Suffice it to say, their songs always surprise me, make me happy.
"Goodnight" is the fourth single off of Being Dead's new album "EELS" out 9/27 on Bayonet Records.
Here are some informative LINER NOTES excerpts (bracketed):
[Being Dead’s records are mosaics, technicolor incantations, each song its own self-contained little universe. And while the dreamlike EELS probes further into the depths of the duo Being Dead’s psyche, it is, most importantly, in the year of our lord 2024, a 16-track record that is genuinely unpredictable from one track to the next: a joyous and unexpected trip helmed by two true-blue freak bitch besties holed up in a lil’ house in the heart of Austin, Texas.]
Yeah, I am totally blown away, again.
Go here to hear, purchase "Eels" : https://beingdead.bandcamp.com/album/eels
-Robb Donker Curtius
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Being Dead came upon the scene in Austin, TX five years ago with their distinctly right-brain songcraft, mischievous humor, and implausibly great vocal harmonies. Even as they’ve graduated from curiosity to cult favorites, I’ve yet to encounter a single person who dislikes Being Dead. The garagey psychedelic outsider pop band should be considered in the same category as rainbows and finding $60 in the pocket of a winter coat: incontrovertibly lovable.
When Horses Would Run, recorded at Radio Milk with producer/engineer Jim Vollentine (White Denim, …Trail of Dead, Spoon), spit-shines Being Dead’s sound without diminishing their weirdo-best-friend vibes. Their penchant for idiosyncratic lyricism and musical unpredictability shines in “Last Living Buffalo,” which finds Gumball and Falcon Bitch trading lines over a bouncy bop before skidding into a heavy doom breakdown. It stands in stark contrast to the gentle Laurel Canyon-style folk rock of “Daydream,” showcasing Being Dead’s extraordinary harmonies – at once plaintive, uplifting, and eerie. Their vocal interplay, however, can be just as good in contrast, like on “Muriel’s Big Day Off,” where Gumball’s garage punk monotone delivery and Falcon Bitch’s tuneful tenor volley back and forth in what sounds like the theme song for some Adult Swim cartoon. Being Dead is recommended if you like Devo, the Pixies, the Beets, Violent Femmes, or living your life like it’s an ungraded art project.
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