Mutual Appreciation for Bishop Allen
About a month ago I was in Boston and randomly ran into a friend on the T. We were only in each others presence for a stop or two but he recommended I check out a movie playing in Harvard Square, the movie was called Mutual Appreciation. Trusting this guy on his taste in movies I checked the showtimes and treated my girlfriend to a nice night at the theatre. I read very little about the film but from the preview it looked entertaining enough and actually might hit a little close to home.
The movie is about Alan(Justin Rice), the lead singer of the broken band The Bumble Bees. It follows his actions for about a week as he moves to Brooklyn, finds a drummer, gets his first gig, falls for his friends girlfriend, and gets drunk. Andrew Bujalski captured a very sincere mood in his construction of the film. The characters are believable, situations are relatable, and in terms of timing captures exactly where I am in my life minus the musician thing. So what does this have to do with this Bishop Allen character?
"Bishop Allen isn't one character, instead it's a bunch of characters that make up a Brooklyn indie band. Their music is the music used in the film and Justin Rice who plays Alan also happens to be their lead singer. Their debut album Charm School
came out in 2003 and received praise. Of course I'm lightyears behind on this and one of my daily reads largeheartedboy listed it as one of his top albums of 2003. The songs from the movie that appear on charm school are "Things Are What You Make Of Them"(played during the radio who), and "Quarter to Three"(played live).
In their first project it looks like since 2003 this year they have embarked on the EP a Month endeavor. So far they have made it through September and this Friday night at Piano's they are releasing October. It's pretty impressive that they will have written 44 new songs this year, not 48 because they released August as a live concert with live versions of already released tracks. You'd think that releasing this much music in a given year would promote copycat tracks and watered down music but no. These guys keep it fresh and cool with each new EP. I know I can't get July's "Click Click Click" out of my head and "Castanets" from September as well as "The Same Fire" are definite stand outs. You can purchase each of their EPs for $4 on their website digitally. I don't recommend buying anything of theirs from Amazon because it is really overpriced. Stop down at their show at Piano's Friday or download stuff from their website. I'll be sure to pick up October Friday for 4 bucks, what a steal.
Bishop Allen is Playing
Piano's
Friday, October 27th at 10:30PM
Tickets are $8
The movie is about Alan(Justin Rice), the lead singer of the broken band The Bumble Bees. It follows his actions for about a week as he moves to Brooklyn, finds a drummer, gets his first gig, falls for his friends girlfriend, and gets drunk. Andrew Bujalski captured a very sincere mood in his construction of the film. The characters are believable, situations are relatable, and in terms of timing captures exactly where I am in my life minus the musician thing. So what does this have to do with this Bishop Allen character?
"Bishop Allen isn't one character, instead it's a bunch of characters that make up a Brooklyn indie band. Their music is the music used in the film and Justin Rice who plays Alan also happens to be their lead singer. Their debut album Charm School
came out in 2003 and received praise. Of course I'm lightyears behind on this and one of my daily reads largeheartedboy listed it as one of his top albums of 2003. The songs from the movie that appear on charm school are "Things Are What You Make Of Them"(played during the radio who), and "Quarter to Three"(played live).In their first project it looks like since 2003 this year they have embarked on the EP a Month endeavor. So far they have made it through September and this Friday night at Piano's they are releasing October. It's pretty impressive that they will have written 44 new songs this year, not 48 because they released August as a live concert with live versions of already released tracks. You'd think that releasing this much music in a given year would promote copycat tracks and watered down music but no. These guys keep it fresh and cool with each new EP. I know I can't get July's "Click Click Click" out of my head and "Castanets" from September as well as "The Same Fire" are definite stand outs. You can purchase each of their EPs for $4 on their website digitally. I don't recommend buying anything of theirs from Amazon because it is really overpriced. Stop down at their show at Piano's Friday or download stuff from their website. I'll be sure to pick up October Friday for 4 bucks, what a steal.
Bishop Allen is Playing
Piano's
Friday, October 27th at 10:30PM
Tickets are $8
posted by Magomra at 11:10 PM
1 Comments:
So wait, you fell for your best friends girlfriend and got drunk? Or is it just that you're drunk in brooklyn tring to find your first improv gig? Or did you just fall for your friend's girlfriend, but are living in like, Salem, Oregon? You disgust me.
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