Alberta & The Dead Eyes is the giant-sounding band that in reality is the majority work of one real-life carpenter, David Boone (or D. Boone as he often signs off, evoking another literal and figurative giant of musical history, D. Boon of The Minutemen.)
In fact, Boone’s songs contain that same ramshackle joy and conversational, inclusive tone that Boon’s do. It’s the sound of a natural talent letting it fly.
You may want to leave the page now to find out more about Boone, but don’t bother. He made the right choice. The choice that none of us made and many wish we had. Boone is nowhere to be found on social media.
He lets the songs do the sharing.
Alberta & The Dead Eyes will release its new 11-song album Give or Take on March 15th.
The songs on Give or Take represent a man in withdrawal from a two-packs-a-day cigarette habit that went on for 15 years.
It should be even less surprising now that musician Boone rejected Instagram squares for T-squares just like he painfully swore off smokes cold turkey for the clean lungs that arrived with the songs, or as Boone sees it, he arrived to them.
Today Glide is offering an exclusive premiere of Boone’s new tune “So Cool,” which lives up to its title in the way it brings together a glam sensibility with an indie rock cool. The stomping piano and moody harmonies put Boone’s gritty yet smooth vocals on fine display. This is the kind of barroom viber that makes you want to soak up the night and see what’s out there, and coming in at just over two minutes means this is an impressive little romp meant to get you stirred up the way a good rock tune ought to do.
“I wrote ‘So Cool’ on the piano and it is completely based on that groove. I really wanted the piano groove to be 99 percent of the song. Had the middle section not come to me, I would have been completely fine with this one being 45-seconds long. Hah. I’d think the words speak for themselves. ‘Such a joke. What a sham – from such a tiny boy comes such a little man.’ I hesitate to be too pointed here. There’s a handful of ways one could view this scene, and I tried to make it intentionally vague.” — Dave Boone of Alberta & The Dead Eyes
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I listen to the songs of Alberta & The Dead Eyes and my spirit improves. everything is very nice and makes me comfortable.