Lake Road Dive Performs within the Studio
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Lake Road Dive recorded their first album with cash that their bassist received in a songwriting contest. They constructed a following the old style manner, touring small venues for years and rising a loyal following of followers—together with David Remnick—who considered them as an under-the-radar secret. Nearly twenty years later, the band finds themselves onstage at Madison Sq. Backyard. “My fundamental inspiration for enjoying M.S.G. is Billy Joel,” the bassist Bridget Kearney mentioned. “It feels just like the membership when he’s taking part in there, as a result of he’s so comfy there. . . . Like, Welcome to my month-to-month gig, right here once more at Madison Sq. Backyard. It received’t be fairly like that for us . . however I’d adore it if we may in some methods make it really feel intimate, make it really feel prefer it’s a huge dive bar.”
They joined David Remnick within the studio at WNYC to carry out “Good Collectively” and “Set Sail (Prometheus & Eros),” from their new album, and “Disgrace, Disgrace, Disgrace,” an older music a few Donald Trump-like “large man” who doesn’t “know learn how to be an excellent man.”
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