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Today, we welcome back an old friend to the blog. That’s right: It’s the return of Aural Ambush, a feature we hope will be back and running regularly in these confines we call DC9. It’s been a while, though, so, for those who may have forgotten the concept, a quick refresher: We grab an mp3 from an act stopping through the region, pop it onto our portable player, head out on the town, and capture man-on-the-street reactions to the track. Makes for a pretty decent time, actually, as the above clip, shot by Danny Fulgencio, more than demonstrates. Check it out.
The subject of this week’s ambush: David Bazan, the former frontman of Pedro the Lion, and a group of bicycle polo (there exists such a thing, go figure) players and fans in Oak Cliff. As Daniel Rodrigue points out in this week’s paper, Bazan’s gone through something of a major religious transition of late…
A number of reviews have called his Barsuk debut a “breakup album” where God gets dumped–but, no disrespect intended, and God aside, Curse Your Branches comes across like a breakup album for a generation that’s fed up with meaninglessness, unanswered questions and Bible-belt backwardness taking precedent over common decency. Continue reading…
Even so, a couple of our ambush victims knocked the song immediately for its religious face value. Oh well–at least one guy thinks it’s pretty “legit.”
Catch Bazan tonight at Dan’s Silver Leaf, where he’ll be performing a set alongside his labelmates in Say Hi (which was formerly–and awesomely–called Say Hi to Your Mom, a band of which Marky Mark would no doubt would approve). And for those of you playing along? Enjoy a free stream and download Bazan’s “Bless This Mess” after the jump, courtesy of Barsuk.
Bonus MP3:
Legit, indeed.
