Thank You Alt Nation - TR's 6-pack.

I may have mentioned this already, but my kids like to listen to Alt Nation in the car. All the time. They know every song, and love those with a curse in it, probably for that reason alone. Little Lion Man by Mumford and Sons, Turn by The Wombats and (F*ck A) Silver Lining by Panic @ the Disco are three examples. I have stopped caring about the language, to be honest. I distinctly remember being fired up when hearing "you son of a bitch" at a very young age during Devil Went Down to Georgia. And I remember giggling when my mom played the Chorus Line soundtrack song "Tits and Ass" on vinyl. So who am I to judge? Oh right, I'm their Dad. I should judge a little bit. Whatever.

Back to the topic. Alt Nation is a decent station to have in the preset mix. Most of the new artists are at least somewhat tolerable.  I also enjoy when I hear tunes from "classic" bands like MGMT, The Killers and Vampire Weekend. The point here is that the station introduces me to a lot of new tunes that I end up digging. Sometimes I'll dive down the rabbit hole to learn more about the band.

So I'll fess up and admit I'm stealing Whitney's 6-pack theme, because lazy. I'm here today to write about Wallows. They are a trio from Los Angeles that goes all the way back to the early 10's. I really really dig their tune being played on Alt Nation right now. It is called Pictures of Girls. The video is below. The song has a great summery, Beach Boys-meets-Vampire Weekend ethereal vibe to it.



My second favorite tune on Wallows' new six-song EP is 1980's Horror Film. Witty lyrics that belie the song's tone. Reminds of old Ben Folds Five songs. Who else could slide the lyrics "and you think Rockford Files is cool" into a song so seamlessly? A lot of people, I guess. But he/they did it better than most.



Below is Pleaser, Wallows' first "hit," at least to some young folks in SoCal. It is a tune from way back in '17. Raw, yet catchy. Like my STDs!



Here is another '17 tune that's fun...



...and here's one more from the Spring EP (which has Pictures of Girls and 1980's Horror Film):



Lastly, here is them doing a tune called Pulling Leaves Off Trees. It's amusing that they make the video look like it was shot with an 80's video camera. Stranger Things ripple effect, I guess. Enjoy!