Simon Le Bon of Duran Duran says this about The Living Pins: ”One of the things I can really recognize when I hear a bit of music– is the FUN. The fun that they were having when they made that. And they were having such a great time making that music. In fact, if you do check out Living Pins, you will hear that in all of their music. They don’t have a lot of it out there, but they are having such a laugh when they’re doing this stuff. And I think it’s wonderful.”
Say hello to the new Let It Be So EP by The Living Pins. Singer and guitarist Carrie Clark, (and Austin Music Hall of Fame inductee) has this to say about the four new songs, “I think that we keep riding on that 70s FM radio vibe. We all grew up listening to FM radio. And we love the way that when you listen to everything from T. Rex to AC/DC to Slade to ELO and ABBA, there’s a fullness of sound and a wave that envelopes you and that can take you out of your present moment. On this EP, ‘Love Is 4’ and ‘Aeroplane’ are more on the AC/DC side, like if Marc Bolan and Rob Halford were hanging out. And then ‘Scorpion’ has some Paisley Underground, you know, Dream Syndicate and Rain Parade, woven into it … plus it’s a story-telling song. And those were really big on FM radio. So it’s like a 70s story song with these beautiful effected guitars that come from our own live music experience. And then ‘Starlight’ is just fun. That song is like candy for me–tasty sound candy.”
For those that could use The Little Golden Book version of The Living Pins origin: Carrie and Pam formed The Living Pins as a side project to their respective bands. Cut to March 2020, when everything shut down, they’d already been talking with Jeff Copas (Sixteen Deluxe) about producing some songs. The three set up an ad hoc recording session in a warehouse in East Austin and over two weekends in the Fall of 2020, the Freaky Little Monster Children EP was recorded. It was released in April 2021 and was liked by many people. And The Living Pins like to be liked. Two more singles, “Chateau” and “Oh Yeah”, produced by Chris “Frenchie” Smith, were both released last year. “Oh Yeah” was especially honored by being chosen as one of “Our Favorite Songs of 2022” by Austin radio station KUTX 98.9.
Today Glide is offering an exclusive premiere of the standout track “Aeroplane,” the kind of straightforward rock and roll track that is all too uncommon these days. The band hits with a stomping beat, big soaring guitars, and fierce vocals that find Carrie and Pam leaning into shifty vocal interplay and harmonies. The occasional slash of guitar shredding cuts through it all. Taken as a whole, these ingredients make for a truly rousing rock and roll anthem that could command an arena stage as much as it could a bar room.
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