Video: Cass McCombs, “Executioner’s Song”
- story Matthew Schnipper
The lyrics to “Executioner’s Song,” are about how much Cass McCombs, or his narrator, loves his job. There’s no specific mention of noose tightening or subsequent hangings. It’s a fairly oblique, quiet and contemplative, song and could be about being a waiter or a nurse practitioner or an English teacher. When viewed through the eyeballs of a death profession, it’s creepy, but expanded from its title’s horizon, it’s celebratory, if somewhat controlled. But Aaron Brown’s video for the track gets right to the point, putting McCombs’ into the position to ring his death knell somewhere in the pretty woods.
Slept On
- story THE FADER
Each Tuesday, FADER editor Matthew Schnipper highlights an underappreciated recent release he thinks we need to know about. This week it’s Cass McCombs’ Catacombs that he thought was out, but is actually only out in the UK, which explains why he thought so many people were sleeping on it. Regardless, it jams. Hear a few tracks from the album, be sure to buy it next week and read Schnipper’s thoughts on it after the jump.
Video: Girls Make Dreams Come True in San Francisco
- story THE FADER
Girls played at the Hemlock Tavern in their hometown of San Francisco over the weekend. Everyone who attended was lucky enough to hear their hazy, cloud-melting rendition of Cass Mccomb’s new single, “Dreams Come True Girl,” from his new LP Catacombs. However, we are lucky enough to have this quality video shot by Nate Chan at our disposal whenever we need to see some scraggly long hairs and hear some wa wa wa wa.
Video: Cass McCombs f. Karen Black, “Dreams Come True Girl”
- story THE FADER
Cass McCombs is one of the most overlooked singer songwriters in America. Since 2002’s Not The Way, he’s been steadily releasing some seriously disconcertingly mellow jams, songs that take a minute to creep you out and a year or two to realize they’re just your blues. His new album Catacombs, a much twangier affair, won’t be out until June around the world and July in North America, but there’s suddenly a lot to find out about it. Above is the new video for the first single, featuring Karen Black, who you might recognize from Easy Rider and might not recognize from about a thousand other movies. Over on McCombs’ MySpace is a Catacombs medley streaming, and on his Domino page you can sign up to get an mp3 of another song, “Jonesy Boy.” And if that’s not enough for you, go to his website for a gallery of some weird vampire dude.
Video: Cass McCombs, “That’s That (Live on KCRW)” + F49 Gen F
- story THE FADER
To live in LA means to be confronted with the nasal British twang of KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic host Nic Harcourt whenever you get in your car. It’s law. But despite the twang, dude and station have embraced the internet with gusto and record tons of great live performances, including this one of FADER favorite Cass McCombs. His Dropping the Writ album dropped some motherfricking science on the indie geetar pop scene last year and probably hasn’t gotten the attention it deserves. Here’s some more attention, brother! Cass is currently touring through the southern states, so make sure to check him out and also read our Gen F on dude from a few issues ago after the jump.
