EXITMUSIC

So back when I first started this blog, I googled the name and found this band EXITMUSIC.  I really liked them.  Kind of darkly melodic synth work, a little like another of my favorites Portishead.  Plus they were based in LA back when I first started listening, so I got to check them out live...you lucky New Yorkers should definitely see a show, they're based out of Brooklyn now.  Anyway, they've released a new demo and you can download it free!  So seriously, check out THIS link to listen and download their new songs, or just click the download link on the player below.

Here's a part of an interview with the band from Anthem magazine, I love that polaroid, and then two videos for some older songs:

BAND NAME: EXITMUSIC

HOMETOWN: Brooklyn, New York

DESCRIBE YOUR SOUND IN TWO SENTENCES: Lately, our sound has been pulling in a lot of different elements—the heavy bass of hip hop, drum sounds from old techno, distressed guitars, FM synths, samples of wild animal calls, sounds from outer space, and really big and beautiful vocal melodies. It tells a story of how humanity has displaced itself from the natural world and is now finding itself alone and in trouble.

FAVORITE NIGHTSPOT IN THE CITY YOU CALL HOME: Home

BEST SPOT FOR A LATE NIGHT SNACK: Home

TWO OTHER BANDS THAT WOULD COMPLETE THE FORMATION OF YOUR SUPER GROUP: Fever Ray and Brian Wilson

HOTTEST POP STAR: Bob Dylan

HOTTEST DEAD ROCKER: Tupac Shakur

MOST MEMORABLE SHOW YOU’VE PLAYED: Our farewell show at The Smell with Warpaint and VOICEsVOICEs before leaving Los Angeles (where we lived for awhile). It was a beautiful show.

CHOICE VICE: Paranoia. No drugs required.

YOUR NERDIEST EQUIPMENT FETISH: We don’t really nerd out on equipment too much, but we try to make good use of what we find lying around the house or in secondhand stores. Aleksa plays an old Yamaha DX-7 synth and a cool-looking black Hondo Professional guitar, which, according to the guy at the store, used to belong to Luscious Jackson. Devon sometimes plays guitar with a violin bow or a screwdriver.

BEST RECENT PURCHASE: A Roland SP-404 SX sampler. I guess we’re kind of nerdy after all…

SOMETHING THAT’S ALWAYS IN YOUR POCKET/PURSE/WALLET: Lint, receipts, guitar picks, toothpicks, fingernails and this Polaroid.

LAST THREE MOVIES YOU’VE SEEN COLLECTIVELY: We just went to the premieres of two films last week: Happythankyoumoreplease, which our friend Todd DiCiurcio did all the artwork for, and Potiche, a French film starring our new friend Judith Godreche. This is a TV show, but we’ve been watching The Wire pretty obsessively.

TOUR NECESSITIES YOU NEVER TRAVEL WITHOUT: Books, notebooks, and pens.

ONE BRAND YOU WOULDN’T MIND SELLING A SONG TO: This is hard. It’s always an ambiguous question because musicians have to make a living somehow. It’s one thing if a song gets placed in a movie or something else creative, but another if it’s just being used to push destructive consumerism. We’re really not interested in using music for advertising.

YOUR FLAT IS BURNING DOWN, WHAT ARE YOU GRABBING? I would grab our three cats and the hard drive that has our new album on it.