 indie rock photography by jasper coolidge     
Calla 04.26.03 @ Mercury Lounge NYC At this point, we've all heard the hype and some have experienced firsthand the meteoric rise of Calla from NYC record store clerks to UK record store magazine covers; from CMJ curtain jerkers to CMJ #1's. The "American Radiohead" are the classic examples of local boys done good. We all wondered what if anything would have changed in Aurelio and company's demeanor, stage show, and music on this side of the roller coaster. Coming off Euro tours with Interpol and US shows with Luna, and about to embark on an ambitious 2 month headlining intercontinental trek, some in the crowd observed that they appeared spent, drained, and daresay bored. I couldn't help but feel that this weekend of shows back in the incubation of NYC actually served as a respite, a shelter, a smoke break (ironic these days) from the insatiable world-at-large. If anything, Calla was just as dark, mopey, and gothically bombastic as usual - if not just a tad on the dawdling side, but then again, can you really picture Aurelio running, anywhere? callamusic.com |
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