New Single from Brooklyn's The Meaning Of Life

I saw Brooklyn's The Meaning Of Life last spring at Northside Festival.

"Wow Wow Wow"

Back in 2013, Speak Into My Good Eye sent me over an EP from Brooklyn then-duo The Meaning Of Life. I enjoyed Play Fuego quite a bit and gave it a short write-up over at the site. Then, like a year later, I finally got the chance to see The Meaning of Life at Bar Matchless during Brooklyn's Northside Festival. Their set stuck with me, and bassist Marta DeLeon's vocals were as entrancing in a live setting as they were on the record.

Since then, I've had a little soft spot for The Meaning Of Life. They've come to represent for me the world of excellent local (to someone) music that exists less than an hour away from our own thriving scene. I can think of a few bands from Asbury Park that I'd love to see share a bill with them, and maybe I'll make it a goal for 2015 to do whatever small things I can to bridge the vast divide separating Brooklyn from Asbury Park.

I'll start by sharing the latest song from The Meaning Of Life with you. "Wow Wow Wow" still displays some of that Jesus And Mary Chain influence from Play Fuego; but it feels a bit more upbeat, leaning more to the "pop" side of the band's style of dream pop than their debut. Its arrival on the same day as The Great Blizzard Of 2015 was welcome as I definitely get a summer vibe from this song.

Diamonds and Junkfood, the follow-up EP to Play Fuego is due on February 17th.