Ears Wide Open: Life Leone

Kevin Bronson on December 1st, 2014

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Brady Erickson’s rock band the Ross Sea Party released a 2010 EP and 2012 full-length of perfectly fine anthemic rock ’n’ roll, but in 2013 the singer-guitarist closed the books on the that project and assumed the persona of Life Leone, desert mystic. The sonic difference is striking; Life Leone’s debut EP “Comes Crashing In” was built on guitar tones that sound like a chainsaw in a sandstorm, all heavy fuzz and propulsive rhythms and Erickson’s sturdy vocals cutting through. Life Leone’s new single “I Can’t Say No” has a similar scuzzy urgency; it’s a bit reminiscent of the Strokes and underrated Texas fuzz-rockers the Deathray Davies. Hit that pedal.

||| Download: “I Can’t Say No” and (from the 2013 EP) “Is This Love”