this audio or video is no longer availableThe last time we heard from San Francisco's chilled outfit Loquat, music from its 2005 debut It's Yours to Keep was being preloaded on SanDisk's Sansa player and rotated on the CW's craptastic soap One Tree Hill.
This time around, music from its imminent 2008 sophomore release Secrets of the Sea is being used for a relaxed video whose ubiquitous balloons recall the 1956 French fantasy The Red Balloon and even Patrick McGoohan's insanely awesome 1967 TV show The Prisoner.
Of course, that is if you are seeking allusions, which Listening Post always is. If you like to avoid that type of thing, you can always just close your eyes and float away on Loquat vocalist Kylee Swenson's ethereal pipes.
To be sure, the video for "Harder Hit" is all homage and atmosphere,
winning no points for originality. But in these days of stock marketimplosions, nauseating elections and geopolitical conflict, sometimesit's nice to just press play and daydream while the world crashesaround you. Loquat is very helpful that way.
The band is helpful in the flesh as well. Swenson and crew are ontour starting October 16 in Minneapolis and wrapping up October 24 atCMJ in New York. It returns home to beautiful San Francisco for aNovember 8 show at Bottom of the Hill for a hometown release party.
Don't miss it.
