At the very beginning of last semester when we were still moving carpets around, my housemate, Mark, played a bunch of really weird disco revival music by a band called Desire on our living room stereo. Desire has lyrics like “I don’t eat / I don’t sleep / I do nothing but think of you.” My knee-jerk reaction was that it sounded lame and weird, and I wondered whether our previously compatible musical tastes had completely diverged while I was abroad, and what if we were totally different people now, and since when is disco having a revival anyway?
But after their well-placed hand claps had spun around a few times, I realized their sound was addictive like Disney Channel Original Movies from the late 90’s–familiar semi-sappy stories spun in fantastic worlds that were exactly the right degree of out-of-touch. Now I absolutely love it, and Mark and I like to honor their lyrics by asking each other about the difference between love and obsession.
So I wasn’t at all bothered when Mark picked up his drum machine, found a synthesizer, and started playing disco revival in our house. He formed a band called Discourse (get it?) with our friend Asa; now they’re bringing the disco revival sound to Wes. Until recently you could only hear them live. But now I’m pleased to announce that they’ve recorded and have a music video.
Here it is! Discourse is Mark McCloughan ’10 and Asa Horvitz ’10; Ian Staub ’10 did the recording; and Spencer Sheridan ’10 made the video using his parents’ nativity figurines, some wrapping paper, and a webcam hanging from the ceiling of his garage.
(Via if and or)
[EDIT: 2/3, 9:20 AM]
Ian tweaked the track a bit. For y’all who asked: download the final mixdown of “Golden Year” over here.
Download the full mp3:
http://www.mediafire.com/?lc45nljmqzi
Download the full mp3:
http://www.mediafire.com/?lc45nljmqzi
sounds like crap. vid is hella trippy.
sounds like crap. vid is hella trippy.
best animation ever
i want a necktie wif dat background
best animation ever
i want a necktie wif dat background
best animation ever
i want a necktie wif dat background
This band played a “Schizophrenia” cover at Awesomefest, yes? They were great.
Great job on the recording, I’d definitely be interested in a download too.
And Spencer, the hard work was totally worth it. Great video, especially the end with Baby Jesus riding around on the camel
Great job on the recording, I’d definitely be interested in a download too.
And Spencer, the hard work was totally worth it. Great video, especially the end with Baby Jesus riding around on the camel
Great job on the recording, I’d definitely be interested in a download too.
And Spencer, the hard work was totally worth it. Great video, especially the end with Baby Jesus riding around on the camel
A) I love Desire. FOREVER EVER.
B) I always thought Mark was awesome solely because he took Eiko Otake’s “Delicious Movement” class. I have no idea why this deserves a letter or even needs to be mentioned, but I have absolutely no filter whatsoever.
C) I actually really like this song. Can it be downloaded anywhere?
A) I love Desire. FOREVER EVER.
B) I always thought Mark was awesome solely because he took Eiko Otake’s “Delicious Movement” class. I have no idea why this deserves a letter or even needs to be mentioned, but I have absolutely no filter whatsoever.
C) I actually really like this song. Can it be downloaded anywhere?
A) I love Desire. FOREVER EVER.
B) I always thought Mark was awesome solely because he took Eiko Otake’s “Delicious Movement” class. I have no idea why this deserves a letter or even needs to be mentioned, but I have absolutely no filter whatsoever.
C) I actually really like this song. Can it be downloaded anywhere?
howd u record the drums? sounds great
howd u record the drums? sounds great
howd u record the drums? sounds great