{"id":1869,"date":"2017-07-03T07:00:37","date_gmt":"2017-07-03T11:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/?p=1869"},"modified":"2017-07-02T19:42:31","modified_gmt":"2017-07-02T23:42:31","slug":"coming-up-lisa-said-runs-down-her-list-of-some-dudes-on-new-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/2017\/07\/03\/coming-up-lisa-said-runs-down-her-list-of-some-dudes-on-new-ep\/","title":{"rendered":"Coming Up: Lisa Said Runs Down Her List of \u201cSome Dudes\u201d on New EP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s funny how fans are born. I spend a lot of time listening to new music, and \u201cnew\u201d old music, clicking links on press releases and combing through racks at thrift stores. There is great stuff in plain sight all around if we keep the antenna up. I know some of that stuff gets buried in the avalanche sometimes, and it kills me. But sometimes, someone just chucks something at your head and it hits the mark. That\u2019s what happened with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lisasaid.com\" target=\"_blank\">Lisa Said<\/a>\u2019s new EP, <em>Estranged<\/em>, out Friday on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TallShortRecord\" target=\"_blank\">Tall Short Records<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>I happened to be heading out to run errands when it came to the house, so I got a chance to listen to it a few minutes after it came into my possession. I dug it immediately, as soon as I heard the gravely rhythm guitar and that distant-sounding lead. The first reference that came to mind was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alejandroescovedo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alejandro Escovedo<\/a>, one of my favorite writers and performers. He exudes a mix of punk bravado and earnest vulnerability. Said has that, too. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/314704452&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The music is soulful, gritty, and clever. And she\u2019s referencing other music here, too. When I realized she was name-checking Beatles, Stones, and Stooges tunes, I had to listen again to see what I\u2019d missed. \u201cSome dudes want to give me shelter, some dudes just want helter skelter,\u201d she sings, \u201cother dudes, they make me twist and shout.\u201d It\u2019s a weary lament and a celebration of the kinds of \u201cdudes\u201d she\u2019s encountered, categorized by songs and correlated to emotional outcome. It was a quirky thing that made me smile. <\/p>\n<p><em>Estranged<\/em> has a living, beating rock and roll heart, and the sound is cohesive but not repetitive. Which is to say, there\u2019s a style there, and some nice surprises. \u201cRegular Guy\u201d starts off bouncy, just voice and guitar. But when the drums kick in, the feel changes completely to something different, more driving. If you were tapping your toes for the first few bars, you\u2019d have to adjust. But it works. The feel change is, itself, almost a hook. \u201cPay attention,\u201d it says, \u201cwe\u2019re going to toy with your expectations a bit.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeel the Moon\u201d adds some jangly mandolin and the kind of chorus you start singing along with by the second time it comes around. \u201cSo what you want me to be\/What you want me to be right now, I can\u2019t be right now,\u201d she sings. \u201cSo what you want me to see\/What you want me to see right now, I can\u2019t see right now.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cUp Not Down\u201d is a little more languid, but there\u2019s still something smoldering there. The narrator is caught in that perfect state of indecision and longing, desperate to move but unable to figure out where she is at the moment. It\u2019s a state of constant motion and friction that looks and probably feels like stillness (think of the patients from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9pFvM21Ng14\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Awakenings<\/em><\/a>, if you\u2019re prone to odd connections). \u201cI left my baby on the side of the road\/He made me crazy, or so I\u2019ve been told,\u201d she sings. \u201cOh won\u2019t you fill me up\/Don\u2019t you let me down.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The EP is also an effective calling card. Said released her debut full-length album, <em>No Turn Left Behind<\/em>, less than a year ago. I missed that one at the time. I have since corrected that error. And you might be inclined to do the same after you\u2019ve heard <em>Estranged<\/em>. If you do, you won\u2019t be disappointed. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s funny how fans are born. 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