Ears Wide Open: Gothic Tropic
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Like Fool’s Gold and Vampire Weekend, the new L.A. trio Gothic Tropic finds inspiration in world beats and exuberant guitars. The brainchild of Cecilia Della Peruti, who for the past two years has played with Rumspringa, Gothic Tropic takes a playful, lo-fi approach to the psych-pop on its four-song “Awesome Problems” EP, with guitar lines that poke and tickle and beats that quicken the pulse. Peruti, who’s teamed up with bassist Daniel Denton (Never at Night) and drummer Liv Marsico (Stone Darling), got an assist from guitarist Sam Lopez Jr. on the EP, whose rough edges are anything but a vibe-killer.
||| Download: “Monkey Bars”
||| Live: Gothic Tropic winds up a residency at Lot 1 Cafe tonight with Masxs and Body Parts.
what’s the point of having vocals if you can’t understand them whatsoever? Cool to see they figured out how to use GarageBand on their iMac though.
first, the Comprehensible Lyrics Police came for Goth Trop and I did not speak up because I was not in Goth Trop. next the Comprehensible Lyrics Police came for Nirvana and I did not speak up because I was not in Nirvana. then the Comprehensible Lyrics Police came for me and there was no one left to speak up for me.
f’real tho — cool grooves and vibe on this song