Tag: LA

LISTEN: Roscoe & Etta, “You Already Know”

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Artist: Roscoe & Etta
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Song: “You Already Know”
Album: Roscoe & Etta
Release Date: September 14, 2018
Label: Crooked Crown

In Their Words: “This song almost got lost in the pile. The idea was an early seed that kept resurfacing and finally came to fruition. It stemmed from a conversation about poker faces (we both have terrible ones) and what that can mean when you first start to fall for someone. The butterflies, the blushing, the anticipation, and the speculation of whether or not you feel the same way eventually becomes palpable, for better or for worse. We kept the chord changes cyclical so we could build the story over a constant churning that just gets bigger and bigger. I think this is one of the last ones we finished, but it hung around so long it ended up setting the tone for the rest of the album.” — Maia Sharp and Anna Schulze

Photo credit: Patrik Giardino

LISTEN: I See Hawks in L.A., ‘My Parka Saved Me’

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Artist: I See Hawks in L.A.
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Song: “My Parka Saved Me”
Album: Live and Never Learn
Release Date: June 29, 2018

In Their Words: “A doo-wop ballad literally based upon our drummer Victoria’s true story about a car crash in the dead of Chicago winter on the banks of Lake Michigan; with narrative and a happy ending. One day in rehearsal, Rob just started playing along and singing her narration as she told the story. Then Paul and Paul chimed in with back up vocals and it felt like we had something unique right there. It’s pretty much just as we created it in that moment in the rehearsal studio.” —Paul Lacques, I See Hawks in L.A.

Photo credit: Melissa Shane