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Mi Vida Local
Seems like bassists are falling out of vogue these days, what with The White Stripes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Black Keys, and countless other guitar-drums-vocals acts making the rounds. Chicago’s Local H have been bustin’ out the bassless rock for a good decade though, and come April, lead singer/guitarist Scott Lucas and drummer Brian St. Clair will be making their way around the Midwest and eastern seaboard.
They’ll be getting fans pumped for their brand new album, Whatever Happened To P.J. Soles? The band has posted a tracklisting for the disc, due out April 6, on their official Web site. Their last release was the No Fun EP, which dropped last May on Thick Records.
Local H was a largely unheard-of indie band until their sophomore album, As Good As Dead (1996), came along and spewed forth a huge hit. “Bound For The Floor” (a.k.a. the “copacetic song”) propelled the band out of the shadows.
From there, Local H landed the support slot on a tour with Stone Temple Pilots and have been on the road since.
Even with only two players, there are no holes in the Local H sound because Lucas’ guitar is rigged to play the bass lines as well. While he was searching for a new drummer (original member Joe Daniels split in 1998), Lucas’ mom suggested he set up his guitar to play the drums as well, but that somehow didn’t work out.