Last summer, when Beauty Pill frontman Chad Clark was in the hospital recovering from open-heart surgery, his friend, author Bill Beverly, visited him. “I asked him, ‘How are you doing?'” Clark recalls. “And he said, ‘Well, you know, first heart.'” Clark erupts in laughter. “That’s exactly his style of humor. It’s subtle and fantastic. And I’m jealous of people who are on their first heart.”
Clark, who is in his early fifties, is on his third. In late 2007, the musician — who previously fronted the celebrated Washington D.
Clark, who is in his early fifties, is on his third. In late 2007, the musician — who previously fronted the celebrated Washington D.
- 1/20/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Remember the first time you heard a band that didn't cop to anyone else's style or music vibe before? I can namecheck Patti Smith and the Talking Heads as bands that made that immediate impact on my ears and brain. Couldn't shake them out of my brain. Well, it's happened again. Heard a song on random shuffle on a Spotify playlist and bam!... I was hooked. Beauty Pill's tune "Afrikaner Barista" got lodged in my cranium and simply couldn't shake it loose. Nor did I want to. So I tracked down the publicist, begged for the album that the song was released on, sadly to no avail, and bought the album anyway.
Describes Things As They Are (Butterscotch Records) is/was worth every damn penny, my friends. Like the Heads filtered through TV on The Radio, with a dash of the sonic flourishes of The Flaming Lips, but still unique,...
Describes Things As They Are (Butterscotch Records) is/was worth every damn penny, my friends. Like the Heads filtered through TV on The Radio, with a dash of the sonic flourishes of The Flaming Lips, but still unique,...
- 3/4/2017
- by Dusty Wright
- www.culturecatch.com
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