One of my favorite songwriters came by Locals Only this week. David Bazan was in studio to talk about reviving Pedro The Lion and his new album Phoenix.
It's been 15 years since the last Pedro The Lion album, Achilles Heel, was released and just like anything else David Bazan makes, I am all the way in!
Bazan talked about his new album being about his time living in Phoenix, AZ and how there are four more Pedro The Lion albums on the way that will all be about places he lived.
We played three new Pedro The Lion songs including the unreleased track "Quietest Friend" which Bazan says represented the finish line of this album to him as it was the last song he wrote for the album. It is a very, VERY good song. He also handpicked some great songs from Locals Only favorites like Cumulus, Spirit Award, Monsterwatch, Silver Torches, and Mount Erie.
You can (and should) get the new Pedro The Lion album Phoenix on January 18th from Polyvinyl Records.
Here is the full playlist from Sunday night:
Pedro The Lion - Yellow Bike
Monsterwatch - Big Sin
Pedro The Lion - Model Homes
Cumulus - Retreat
Silver Torches - Keep The Car Running
Spirit Award - Dark Night Of The Soul
Pedro The Lion - Quietest Friend
Mount Erie - Lost Wisdom
Tellers - West
Cold Soda - Anna May
Car Seat Headrest - Nervous Young Inhumans
Whitney Ballen - Mountains
Ruler - Get To You
Damien Jurado - Percy Faith
Jenn Champion - Never Giving In
I Will Keep Your Ghost - 1964
Crater - All That's Mine
Naked Giants - Slow Dance II
Parisalexa - Ballin
Sloucher - Up & Down
Unlikely Friends - Broken Again
The Moondoggies - Soviet Barn Fire
