Paper Thin
New Single and Live video from van goat
To Be Released: February 7th 2020.
The Video
Filmed at the Ivy Room in Albany, CA
Cinematography and editing by Francesco Carucci
Audio recorded and edited by Chris Hughes
Single artwork
PRESS PHOTO
Van Goat from left to right: Ben Einstein, Derek Burle, Lindsay Alexis, Aidan Ward , Taylor Moxon.
About the song:
Van Goat’s latest Swing Punk single “Paper Thin” puts you in a green apron and throws you behind the bar of a frenetic, cold hearted coffee shop. The song’s lyrics reflect singer Lindsay Alexis’ time working at a certain well-known coffee chain, and its music sounds like a big band caught in a drive-thru traffic jam. Hectic horn lines and crashing percussion spin around and fall, like so many single-use cups of coffee spilled all over the floor.
“Not everyone was a monster, but most of them were. I was a monster too,” says Alexis. “You’d better believe all my coworkers knew when I got off that I’d be having my no-water soy chai tea latte with an extra pump of vanilla. I’m not proud. It was a dark time.”
Both a video and the single will be released on February 7th. The live video was recorded at the Ivy Room in Albany, and the single artwork features an x-ray of Lindsay’s broken collar bone from late 2019, a ‘paper thin’ fracture she experienced while in the middle of recording a new Van Goat album. That full-length record will be released in the summer of 2020.
Track credits:
Lead Vocals / Trombone: Lindsay Alexis
Vocals / Guitar / Clarinet: Aidan Ward
Keyboards / Pineapples / Vocals: Ben Einstein
Bass / Vocals: Derek Burle
Drums: Taylor Moxon
Recorded by Brad Lincoln
Mixed by Chris Hughes
Mastered by Piper Payne at Infrasonic Mastering
Contact email: vangoatband@gmail.com
European Booking: kurt.de.bont@telenet.be
Genre: Swing Punk
Hometown: Oakland, CA
Influences: Devo, Shannon & the Clams, Man Man
Sounds like: Squirrel Nut Zippers, Gogol Bordello, The Clash