Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Still Flyin' in Pitchfork: they ain't that young
I figured DJ would get this; guess he's out of the office today?
So Will Sheff of the band Okkervil River hypes Still Flyin' on Pitchfork today. They must take good care of themselves, 'cuz he thought they was a bunch of kids. What he says:
I figured DJ would get this; guess he's out of the office today?
So Will Sheff of the band Okkervil River hypes Still Flyin' on Pitchfork today. They must take good care of themselves, 'cuz he thought they was a bunch of kids. What he says:
>> Favorite New Band
We were flying to Australia, and I was sitting on the plane next to this girl, and I struck up a conversation with her. She said, "Why are you going down to Australia?" and I told her I was going to play a festival, and she said, "Oh, I'm going to play the festival, too!" She was 19 or 20 years old, and it turns out that she plays in this band called Still Flyin', who we saw play at the festival, and it was the most fun I've had at a show in quite a while. It's just about the least pretentious music you could ever imagine. It's about 15 to 20 kids on stage-- and I mean kids, too, like 18 to 24-- and they're playing this kind of party ska music. It's extremely imprecise, they're throwing boogie boards into the audience, it's very, very silly. It's just about the least critic-friendly music you can imagine, but it's very fun to watch and you kind of have to surrender to it at a certain point. I really enjoyed seeing them. And we've actually played some other festivals with them.
