The Wind is an emerging DIY quartet from Long Beach, CA. The release of their first double-album, “Harum-Scarum”, has been...
“Some Place” - The Wind
Some Place - The Wind
I heard there was a place
Where dreams and lovers go
If you don’t catch them before they’re old
They say you can...
For kind-of fancy parties with cool, funny, interesting friends.
Dinner Parties.
01- Sloan - Everything...
There’s a record shop in Spain called Discos Amsterdam that’s now selling Harum-Scarum in their “recomendados” section. Pretty cool. (Taken with Instagram at Valencia, Spain)
Uh oh B, looks like the Upper East Side is about to get windy. Listen for “Some Place” this Monday on GG. Ya know you love me.
Monsters performed live at the Detroit Bar.
Watch some videos of our show at the Bootleg Theater last Friday at aroadstory.com. Thanks, Tim.
“Pussyfoot” live at the Bootleg Theater
“Come On” live at the Bootleg Theater
It’s telling of a band’s ambition when their first full-length is a double-album. The Wind’s Harum Scarum is just that. Except unlike the plethora of double-album misfires – a trend prevalent even among music veterans – Harum Scarum is an exceptionally crafted and well-paced epic that is bound to do more than generate buzz for the Long Beach-based quartet. This is the sort of album that launches an artist into cult status. Such massive followings are rarely possible after one album, but The Wind touch on forms of throwback pop and rock that very few artists the past decade have successfully conquered. Perhaps Dr. Dog at their brightest (We All Belong) came closest among the surveyors of ‘00s indie-rock, and even certain releases like David Vandervelde’s The Moonstation House Band and several from The Walkmen approached the realm of late ‘60s/early ‘70s songwriters in the idiosyncratic vein of Brian Wilson, Harry Nilsson, and Roger McGuinn. But as far as authentic re-interpretations of vintage sounds go, few releases the past few years come close to Harum Scarum…
