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From The Desk Of Houndmouth: Sea Gull

HoundmouthLogoAfter high school, Matt Myers didn’t really feel like going away to college, so he stayed in New Albany and went to Indiana University Southeast, across the river from Louisville. He didn’t feel like concentrating on anything, so he majored in general studies with a minor in philosophy. Six years later, when the time came to graduate, he thought a little about working in a coffee shop, but he never got around to finding a job. After one last winery gig, he traded in the acoustic duo he had with Katie Toupin and went electric with drummer Shane Cody, an old friend who’d moved back to town. Cody called up bassist Zak Appleby, and something almost clicked. All they needed was for Toupin to join them on organ, and halfway through a session with too many dogs barking in the background, Houndmouth was born. Recorded over five days in the high heat of the Hoosier summer, From The Hills Below The City (Rough Trade) feels like the second coming of the Band, mixing folk, country and rock into a whole that’s bigger than the sum of its parts, with each member writing songs, switching back and forth between instruments, and taking a turn on lead vocals. Houndmouth will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our new feature on the band.

SeaGull

Appleby: A seagull shat on me the other day. And I don’t mean that the excrement hit a building and splattered onto me. I mean the goddam bird was flying passed and shit right on my back. The splatter victims were everyone who happened to be walking close to me at the time. I can’t be 100 percent sure about this particular bird’s diet was for the day, but it felt as if someone had had hit me with a fucking snow ball. Thank god for friends close enough to lend you the shirt right off their back. For all of the optimists out there that insist on this sort of thing being considered “good luck,” I assure you my fortune was not swayed one way or the other. It simply made me late to dinner. I also need to add a quick thanks to Gavin for the change of clothes and laundry service.

Video after the jump.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD40gQzQe88