It is actually laborious for us to say no to a confetti cannon. They’re so loud and surprising! And make our messy Tiny Desk even messier! When used accurately, it provides an exclamation level to simply the suitable word; relaxation assured, Illuminati Hotties punctuates this Tiny Desk with a burst of coloration… and, sure, an precise confetti cannon.
Illuminati Hotties’ punky indie-rock songs are foolish, refined and scrappy — Sarah Tudzin affectionately calls this music “tenderpunk.” There’s at all times a catchy hook underpinned by a sweetly devastating lyric, or a intelligent flip of phrase subverted by some stank-faced skronk. Tudzin, who leads Illuminati Hotties, elevates the band’s sound design by her job as a recording engineer and producer. Should you’ve listened to latest albums by Speedy Ortiz, Weyes Blood and boygenius and puzzled how they sound so good, Tudzin is a part of the rationale why.
Tudzin and her band hop, skip and leap by the Illuminati Hotties catalog, rearranging her songs alongside the way in which. “Pool Hopping” contains a 10-second ska riff. Free I.H. mixtape favourite “freequent letdown” will get a little bit twang singalong. POWER‘s “Did not,” initially a Weezer-indebted rocker, turns into a banjo-led hoedown. All of it speaks to the malleability of Tudzin’s songwriting. “We’re right here to share pleasure. We’re right here to encourage resistance,” Tudzin says in a mission assertion earlier than the satirical and sneering “MMMOOOAAAAAYAYA,” which will get a pointed last-minute lyric change of its personal. “That is the least we will do with our artwork.”
SET LIST
- “Cannot Be Nonetheless”
- “Pool Hopping”
- “freequent letdown”
- “MMMOOOAAAAAYAYA”
- “Did not”
MUSICIANS
- Sarah Tudzin: vocals, keys, percussion
- Brian Robert Jones: guitar, banjo, music director, background vocals
- Jake Noveck: guitar, background vocals
- Mal Hauser: guitar, background vocals
- Zach Bilson: bass, background vocals
- Brendan Philip McCusker: drums
TINY DESK TEAM
- Producer: Lars Gotrich
- Director/Editor: Kara Body
- Audio Technical Director: Josh Newell
- Host/Collection Producer: Bobby Carter
- Videographers: Kara Body, Maia Stern, Joshua Bryant
- Audio Engineer: Josephine Nyounai
- Manufacturing Assistants: Ashley Pointer, Dora Levite
- Photographer: Zayrha Rodriguez
- Tiny Desk Copy Editor: Hazel Cills
- Govt Producer: Suraya Mohamed
- Collection Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson
- VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins
