Public Chalk

This was the second song on that list that Hector sent me a few days ago, the title reminds me of another song I enjoy by an artist I work with that I play all the time.  It ended up becoming the third song that I would review by default and third, in this case, definitely proved to be a charm.  This song just flows right and the vocals sit in a great space alongside the main electric piano, which an engineer colleague of mine claims is inspired by U2’s With or Without You.  Not that I don’t see it, but I feel If Looks Could Kill definitely has way more modern groove to it, making it a lot more fun for me to listen to.

So, I continue typing this, as the song plays on repeat in the background (my writing technique), all while staring at the hills here in beautiful Hollywood as an amazing sunset takes place and suddenly the thought comes back. YUP! This song just flows! On repeat the song starts over and I almost instantly feel as if I recognize these vocals from another era that I can barely recall in memory; (head bopping) they just feel completely authentic to me somehow.  It puts me in the Bronx, in the early 80’s as a cool hustler pimp, or as a Wanderer in the 60’s with a cool leather jacket.  In either scenario I’m smoking a cigarette, which should say enough since I don’t even smoke.

Head bopping some more to these bad ass lyrics, the lounge vibe of it all makes it something that I would want to hear in the background playing at Republic in Union Square during a late lunch, sipping their cucumber alcohol infused beverages with some bomb ass noodles, or at the Standard in downtown LA staring at the sick city skyline with the ginormous mountain ranges in the background like something out of a video game.  It really feels as if I just heard this about 10 days ago back at Cibar, in Gramercy on Irving.  I was there, in front of the fireplace with a sexy Russian brunette and some just as sexy background people.  Yup, I had to rub that one in.  Point being, it sounds like it should be everywhere I care to be and I am thinking that New York Music Company should add this to some of its clients playlists before this quarter is officially over!  It has a young feel and passion to it and it makes me think bad ass times in some bad ass situations.

All throughout the record the guitars do it for me as well as the harmonies coming from the EP (Electric Piano) keys that simply help blow the groove away, in comparison to that other record we briefly mentioned earlier.  Those keys are rightfully melodic in their tone and whether that was captured with release or some crazy plug ins they still managed to give it a great groove that only ended up adding onto the aura of the vintage sound for me and made this a feel good record in my book.

Music For Animal – If Looks Could Kill

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