Download: Eulogies, ‘You Hide’

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At the risk of provoking a few afternoon tears, I’ll give you a short preview of “Tear the Fences Down,” the forthcoming album by L.A. quartet Eulogies. It is a eulogy, in a manner, or at least songwriter Peter Walker’s meditation, on the all-too-short life of Pablo Castelaz, the son of Dangerbird Records co-founder Jeff Castelaz, who died last June at age 6 after a yearlong battle with a rare form of cancer. Far from downcast, though, the songs on “Fences” constitute a vivid and heartfelt inventory of the emotions  Walker, a father himself, experienced as his best friend’s son battled, lost and lived on in the spirit he instilled in those close to him.

Eulogies’ album, out Jan. 18, features artwork from the Studio Number One Creative Firm, whose principal, Shepard Fairey, has supported the charity that carries the youngster’s name, the Pablove Foundation.

||| Download: “You Hide” (e-mail required)

||| Live: Eulogies, along with Yukon Blonde, perform tonight at the Mint.