As Vivian Girls’ flame guttered out, Katy Goodman turned her attention to La Sera, a solo project begging for a little extra care and attention. Fleshed out to a four piece, the band laid down ‘Hour Of The Dawn’ in LA last summer, repurposing a little of the city’s punk energy in the process.
With Todd Wisenbaker lighting up the odd fretboard as the band’s new guitarist, Goodman has made good on her promise to add a little more grit around the edges.
Her hope that they would come off like “Lesley Gore fronting Black Flag” is a little off the mark, but this is by some distance the most rugged La Sera record to date.
Losing To The Dark wraps its bitter, biting tale of romance derailed by drink and drugs - “What a shame it must be to have to be in love with me.” - in Wisenbaker’s leads and a gorgeous chorus, while elsewhere Goodman fully indulges her love of the darker end of ‘60s pop, on Summer Of Love and 10 Headed Goat Woman, and John Hughes films, with Fall In Place and Control.
The more introspective aspects of Vivian Girls' sound have been jettisoned along with the basics that made up the bedroom pop of La Sera’s self-titled bow and ‘See The Light’, with Goodman’s new-found desire to collaborate yielding a record that is both ambitious and concise. There’s not a lot of fat to trim here, just wall-to-wall hooks and clever songwriting.
La Sera Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows:
Fri May 23 2014 - LONDON Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen
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