Life's a Real Dream cover
If a picture can be worth a thousand words, sometimes a music video can capture a band's sensibility far better than a review ever could.
It's with that in mind that I'm featuring a video from Lard Dog and The Band of Shy called "Catch That Pretzel." The video's the first off their debut album Life's A Real Dream, and in its whimsy I think it pretty much nails the band and its album.
Choreographed drone footage, modern sculpture (from Steven Erdman AKA Lard Dog himself), and an American Gothic reference. Oh, and pretzels of all sizes, including life-sized. It's like Arnie the Doughnut as filmed at MassMOCA. (Which makes it sound pretentious, which applies only to my description, not the video itself, which is properly silly.)
Lard Dog & The Band of Shy - "Catch That Pretzel" [YouTube]
