We
moved back to New Jersey, where we belong, I walked into ex~Bongo's
Jim Mastro's guitar store in Hoboken (the Guitar Bar) and
asked him if he knew a place we could record our new cd &
he said "yeah, you can record it at my recording studio,
the Pigeon Club, which used to be a full-fledged club for
old guys with lots of homing pigeons on the roof!" Pretty
ironic, as D & I homed right back into the scene from
whence we originally sprang, lo, these many years ago! Anyway,
he also hooked us up with drummer extraordinaire, Tom C, who
gives drum lessons at the shop. We think this is, musically,
by far our best effort, Wayne Dorrell did a nice job recording
us & now plays occasional keyboards & guitar with
us live. We wanted to tell sort of a sad, lonely heart/broken
(into a million fucking PIECES) heart story with this cycle
of songs, all of them sad in various & escalating degrees,
beginning with "Emily Lloyd" which I wrote about
Ms. Lloyd's wonderful, love~lorn nut~job in "Wish You
Were Here", and it all kind of spirals downhill from
there as me & D riff through homage’s to all our
favorite bands, from the Kinks through the Beatles & the
Stones, Teenage Fanclub, Oasis, Neil Young, Led Zeppelin &
Nirvana etc. etc. We just hope folks enjoy it. We think it's
OK to be terminally sad & morose & morbid & utterly
UN~LOVED, we all dream & die ALONE!!!! This is our soundtrack
for all the forgotten losers, mutants and freaks out there
that are as miserable as we are. If you aren't utterly despondent,
you obviously haven't been PAYING ATTENTION!!! I think it
sounds best on headphones REALLY LOUD & under the influence
of a Vicks Inhaler, (which was going to be the name of the
band when we switched it from Toothpaste 2000...oh well, Vicks
probably would have sued us..)
Love, Frank & Donna
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MUSIC GUIDE: "Kicking off with the sterling
"Emily Lloyd," a playful tribute to the British actress
and her film Breaking the Waves set to a twangy power pop tune,
Pity Party has greater melodic heft and richer arrangements
than most of their earlier albums." (Stewart Mason)
AVERSION:
"At this point, the only question for
those following the duo, which traces its collaborative efforts
back to the '80s, is what blend of pop influences does it
bring to the table this time around? The first few bars
of album opener "Emily Lloyd," with its fuzzy-edged
guitar and Bednash's immediate, sing-song vocals firmly answer
that question: back to power-pop thrills. And while Bednash
and Esposito trade off lead vocal duties throughout the album,
they never waver from their goal of reanimating '60 and '70s
ear-candy for a new generation." (Matt Schild)
BLOGGER/WOLF
NOTES:
"Pity Party is a love letter to classic rock and
roll crafted with a punk aesthetic and signed by a band who
understands that sometimes a morose record is best played
jubilantly..."
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