(Indie Rock / Power-Pop) Everybody Else - Everybody Else - 2007, MP3 (tracks), VBR 192-224 kbps

An L.A.-based trio named for a Kinks B-side, Everybody Else, owe much to the
harmonies and economical songwriting of the sixties, but they draw just as much
on more modern music. Meat Market grooves like Outkast but has the screaming,
bluesy vocals of Little Richard or the Animals. Say Goodbye combines an
electroclash beat and new wave guitars with Elvis Costello-style lead vocals and
a three part harmony reminiscent of the Beach Boys. The common thread is
infuriatingly catchy songs and minimalist, Dancey arrangements that sound both
retro and modern at the same time. The lyrics are full of concrete images, and
are often more melancholy than the music they accompany. Over the fuzzed-out
disco of In Memoriam are words about mourning the memories of lost love: I still
see the blue, sunken barge/ down by the shore and I/ can taste the blackberry
juice on our fingers/ But theres an echo of careless, callow footsteps/ that run
by so quickly. Listeners are left in that magical place where we dont really
know what we are feeling, but its giving us chills.
They have just finished a record with Rick Parker (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club,
Howl) which captures the spirit of their electrifying live show, marked by an
energy that always seems to teeter on the edge of chaos without ever falling
apart.