Stream: Races, ‘Lies’
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Races is all about esprit de corps – or maybe it’s esprit de chords in this case. The L.A. sextet dispenses uplifting songs for treacherous times, and their we’re-all-in-this-together attitude can make even the harshest deceit seem like a dot on the emotional landscape. So it is with their florid ballad-turned-guitar jam “Lies,” with lush harmonies from Devon Lee and Breanna Wood supporting Wade Ryff’s sad-sack narrative. Races, who vaulted into the local spotlight soon after they changed their name from BlackJesus and unveiled their first single “Big Broom,” will release their debut album “Year of the Witch” on Frenchkiss Records on March 27. All together now.
||| Stream: “Lies”
||| Live: Races celebrate their record-release with a show March 30 at the Echo, with special guests the Living Things.
||| Previously: An interview.
Photo by Laurie Scavo
||| Download: After the jump, trade your email for a download of “Lies”:
if you want to her a rock and roll song named ‘lies’….go find the knickerbockers doing ‘lies’… it at least has life in it lies..
you mean the band that never managed to do more than rip off the Beatles? i had a 45 rpm of that song once. if you’re gonna lob grenades here, Lilly White, you’ve got to do better than that.