{"id":6307,"date":"2011-09-04T14:45:48","date_gmt":"2011-09-04T14:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=6307"},"modified":"2011-09-04T14:45:48","modified_gmt":"2011-09-04T14:45:48","slug":"glass-candy-at-soho-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2011-09\/glass-candy-at-soho-tonight\/","title":{"rendered":"Glass Candy at Soho Tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Enigmatic Portland band, Glass Candy, <\/strong><\/a>plays Soho tonight with openers Chromatics<\/strong>.\u00a0 Glass Candy is the duo of Ida No and Johnny Jewel, and they clearly don’t play by the normal promotion rules.\u00a0 You can barely find any meaningful info about them on the entire interwebs.\u00a0 About all we could unearth is that they’ve just (re)released two songs, Beautiful Object <\/strong><\/em>and Warm in the Winter<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 Oh, and a video or two (see one way below).\u00a0 Both songs have a retro electro-disco backbone to them, with Beautiful Object <\/em>reminding us of Destroyer’s recent retro-sound in Kaputt, but with Blondie on vocals.\u00a0 It’s melodically insidious and has been on repeat at Chez Lefort <\/strong>since we first heard it.\u00a0 Warm in the Winter<\/strong><\/em> starts out with a Where the Streets Have No Name<\/em>-esque intro before shifting into love-rave mode that’s bound to get you moving live. Check out these songs and video below.<\/p>\n

Beautiful Object<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

“In love’s golden ocean
\nNo emotion
\nFake a smile for charity
\nCry in trauma for the drama
\nOh no
\nReal love a golden rarity
\nBeautiful object
\nOoh
\nI hang them from the walls and ceiling
\nWhat more can I do
\nI want to put my hands deep into feeling
\nHands only get so far
\nDepth for me is just a possibility
\nAnd all my misguided desire
\nWill freeze me deep with pent-up hostility
\nWhat’s the meaning of the mask
\nYou can’t be asked
\nOh oh
\nIs life a social fiction?
\nNot to see but be seen
\nOh no
\nNow that’s a ghost’s ambition
\nBeautiful object
\nOoh
\nAs if a pretty face is so revealing
\nHey what I can do
\nIf what I’ve got isn’t as appealing
\nBeautiful object
\nOoh
\nSoul is sold to portray a perfection
\nA beautiful object true
\nIt’s just a parody of a person”<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=K-g4QxTndRk&feature=player_embedded<\/p>\n

And then there’s Warm in the Winter:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

“Love is in the air… love is in the air
\nWe’re warm in the winter
\nSunny on the inside
\nLove is in the air
\nI’m crazy like a monkey
\nEe ee \/ Oo oo!
\nHappy like a new year
\nYeah yeah \/ Woo hoo!
\nThat’s right everybody
\nThis is Glass Candy
\nMaking our way around the world
\nSearching out a face-to-face with you
\nOne more time
\nLooking for a heart-to-heart
\nWhenever you’re ready
\nWe want you to know
\nIf ever you should look in the mirror
\nAnd wonder who it is that you are
\nAnd wonder what it is that you came for
\nWell… I know the answer
\nYou’re beautiful
\nYou came from heaven
\nYou came down to this place
\nTo fill out the dark corners
\nWith your everlasting light
\nAnd that’s why… I love you
\nWe love you
\nC’mon shout \/ Hey shout
\nShout
\nYeah you
\nI love you
\nWe love you”<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oX922LVpULM&feature=player_embedded<\/p>\n