Family Swan (Mecca Normal), by Califone

Family Swan (Mecca Normal)

by Califone

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Stream and download from Kill Rock Stars here: killrockstars.bandcamp.com/album/stars-rock-kill-rock-stars

I first saw Mecca Normal with the Go Team and Some Velvet Sidewalk in Chicago many years ago. I had my little mind blown and spent all the money I had on 7inch records at the merch table.
That show was one of those experiences that changed the way I looked at music and everything - It was microscopic, personal and massive all at the same time.
There is truth and heart, existential frustration and self-acceptance in this music that made me feel like I wasn’t so alone in the world.
It made want to move to the Northwest. I still want to move to the Northwest… Maybe someday.
anyway.. This song is a classic movie that is beautiful, sad, funny and bleak all at the same time.
This song is a really good book that breaks your heart with unwanted truth, but you can’t stop reading it and you can’t help but see the good and horrible sides of yourself and everyone you know and love in the world it creates.
This song is undeniable humanness. Thank you Mecca Normal. Happy Birthday KRS.

credits

released December 19, 2021

Tim Rutili - guitars, vocals
Michael Krassner - mix
Cover painting - Tim Rutili
Written by Mecca Normal

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califone / tim rutili / red red meat image

califone / tim rutili / red red meat Los Angeles, California

Califone is an acclaimed musical project centered around Tim Rutili and a regular and rotating list of contributors. Formed out of the Chicago band Red Red Meat, they've been exploring the tension between experimental noise, acoustic texture, technology, humanity, cinematic images and microscopic poetry since 1998 with over a dozen albums of sleeper hits and enduring classics. ... more

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Apr 28

Permanent Records Roadhouse

Los Angeles (LA), CA

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