July 5th Show with Boomsnake

We played a show at Eugene's own Wandering Goat on July 5th at which time we premiered a new song and found a new favorite band. Let me tell you about it.

First: the band we played with. They are called Boomsnake and are from Portland. I got their latest album "Give and Take" and it is really, really good. It has a Radiohead, "In Rainbows" feel to it, but in a non-derivative sort of way if that makes sense at all... sort of Radiohead meets Vampire Weekend if you can imagine it (am I blowing your mind?!) Their live performance was fantastic too, but in an understated way. They kind of just sit there, but given that they keep doing weird and interesting things with all the instruments they play it really captivates the audience. They are on tour right now, so go see them if you get a chance... at least check out their myspace page.

Now about our new song. It is not recorded yet, so you will have to see us live to hear it. So far we have had a really good response from fans and friends alike--we got several glowing comments about the song after the show. This is a little disturbing because, while we are very proud of this song and knew people would like it, it is a bit of a departure for us. First off, there isn't any metal riffs in it--not one. In fact it has a district surf rock flavor (which is not entirely unintentional). The lyrics might be a little contreversial too, "This scene can't live with out us, this scene's got shit without our songs. It pours salt in our wounds and water in our lungs." This isn't intended to be a statement about the importance of Science Heroes as a band. It is really just a statement about how important bands are to a scene, but how the interests of said bands are often at odds with the interests of venues and promoters. I think I will write a whole blog on my observations along these lines at a future date.

Buy way of conclusion, I would like to thank everyone who came to the show. Most of you have come to Science Heroes shows before and it means a lot to us to see you coming back to hear us again. We are going to make it a priority this summer to get some new recordings out to you guys so that you'll have something to listen to while we are on a short break from August 15th through Sept 8th. But until then, we have lots of shows coming up, so check out our myspace page for dates and locations.

This is Andy Hero signing out.