Two "dad"-related things caught my attention recently, and I figured I'd package them up here for your visual and aural pleasure.
Eagle Daddy, "Repeating" Video
First up, New Brunswick's Eagle Daddy released a new video last week for their song "Repeating." It's a follow-up to their video for "Heaven Said No," which I shared here a while back. The Scott Siracusano-shot clip has got a little more polish to it, but still includes a guy's butt; so Eagle Daddy's branding is on point right now. Shot up and down New Jersey (with a little Philly thrown in), it's a beautiful collection of images -- from the beaches of LBI to the basements of New Brunswick -- that does a great job of complementing the building emotion and urgency of the song.
Daddy Issues, Double Loser EP
Next, Greensboro, North Carolina's Daddy Issues released their four-song debut, Double Loser, on Valentine's day. I'd been waiting for this one since hearing single "So Hard," and I just plunked down my $5 today to get the cassette.
Opener "Sex on the Beach" is dreamy and psychedelic, oozing with "oooooh oooohs" and full of images like "salty lips" and "seaweed hair." "Let's Go to the Mall" strikes a chord with me, an 80s kid for whom the mall was the place to hang out back in the day. The list of activities of which one can partake at the mall (eating Chinese food, stealing underwear) comes wrapped in plenty of extra reverb and gets punctuated with a "Fuck You! We don't care!""Lethal Dose" meanders along on kind of an easy-going vibe that belies the intensity of the relationship described in the song.
On Double Loser, Daddy Issues do something really cool by taking a retro, surfy, even sweet sound and blending it with frank and funny lyrics to reveal a band brimming with confidence and attitude.
You can stream / purchase Double Loser over at the Egghunt Records Bandcamp page.
