Forward of the 30 June launch of their upcoming album, ‘You Are By no means Alone’, by Vfib Recordings, Bicentennial Drug Lord mix forces with Alex Farrar (MJ Lenderman) on their new single, ‘Iggy Pop’.
Out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Bicentennial Drug Lord includes three songwriters and longtime associates, John Daniels, Rick Donner, and Alan Weatherhead. The trio’s sound combines their love for indie rock, Americana, and Echo & The Bunnymen – particularly their Ocean Rain period.
‘Iggy Pop’ isn’t a lot concerning the legendary singer, however moderately holding onto the issues that you simply keep in mind by listening to the music of Pop and/or his band, The Stooges. The topic of the tune is feeling their age, they’re too outdated to get away with carrying a Catholic college skirt anymore, they’ve acquired children of their very own they usually really feel like they need to be a bit extra accountable. In the reduction of on the smokes, reduce on the drink, cease the medicine, and so forth. However then, you’ve acquired the music and the reminiscences, so that you placed on an Iggy Pop document, and, simply each from time to time, take pleasure in taking a while out to relive the way it was once.
The band’s strummed guitars, the sleek drums and percussion, and the vocals – lead and harmonious backing vocals – work collectively to convey a nostalgic vibe to ‘Iggy Pop’. It doesn’t sound a lot like Iggy himself, however moderately Elvis Costello, or The Vehicles. There’s a stretched out outro that echoes lengthy after the instrumentals stop, virtually lengthy sufficient for the musicians to have already packed up and left the studio. However this can be a nice alternative to shut your eyes, and lose your self within the reminiscences of these days long gone.
Lose your self to ‘Iggy Pop’. You’ll be able to stream and obtain it right here, and discover out extra about Bicentennial Drug Lord and their music on-line on Bandcamp, Fb, and Instagram.
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