It is a good lyric: “Who’s that shithead in my front room enjoying Resident Evil?” That line is the centerpiece of “Resident Evil,” the most recent single from the Philadelphia indie rock band Friendship. Dan Wriggins, the Friendship frontman who wrote that line, can also be a revealed poet, and typically you want an knowledgeable wordsmith to provide you with a lyric like that. Music generally could be an entire lot higher if songwriters lower out all of the platitude and therapy-speak, focusing as a substitute on actual, concrete points like shitheads enjoying video video games of their residing rooms.
Friendship are on the brink of observe their excellent 2022 album Love The Stranger with a brand new one referred to as Caveman Wakes Up, and we’ve already shared lead single “Free Affiliation.” On “Resident Evil,” Dan Wriggins hollers over splintered guitars with the type of deranged depth that we don’t usually hear anymore. I had pictures of the Silver Jews dancing in my head earlier than I remembered the poetry connection. Wriggins wrote “Resident Evil” whereas he was crashing at an Asheville home then occupied by Wednesday’s Karly Hartzman and MJ Lenderman. Right here’s what he says about it:
I wanted someplace to remain in the summertime of ’23, and Jake and Karly let me keep at a spot they’d exterior of Asheville whereas they had been on tour. The one man round was [songwriter and drummer for the Wind] Colin Miller, and I might write all day and go over to Colin’s porch at evening to drink and shoot the shit. I keep in mind developing with the chorus, “Who’s that shithead in my front room / enjoying Resident Evil,” and Colin telling me it was an incredible line. It’s a little bit of a stolen valor track; the one sport I’ve performed within the franchise is 7, and I performed it on VR. Very scary.
Director Zach Puls shot the “Resident Evil” video in his front room, and it stars his roommate Sunny Ali. Puls want to make clear that Ali just isn’t a shithead. Take a look at the video and Friendship’s tour dates beneath.
TOUR DATES:
6/27 – Hamden, CT – Area Ballroom *
6/28 – Medford, MA – Deep Cuts *
6/29 – Portland, ME – Area 538 *
7/01 – Kingston, NY – Tubby’s *
7/04 – Montreal, QC – P’tit Ours *
7/05 – Toronto, ON – Sound Storage *
7/06 – Detroit, MI – Outer Limits *
7/07 – Columbus, OH – Rumba Cafe *
7/09 – Chicago, Il – Schubas *
7/10 – Milwaukee, WI – Anodyne *
7/11 – Minneapolis, MN – seventh Road Entry *
7/12 – Davenport, IA – Raccoon Motel *
7/14 – Cleveland, OH – Beachland Tavern *
7/15 – Pittsburgh, PA – Bottlerocket Social Corridor *
7/16 – Washington, DC – Comet Ping Pong *
7/18 – Brooklyn, NY – Child’s All Proper ~
7/19 – Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s ~
* with 2nd Grade
~ with 2nd Grade & 22º Halo
Caveman Wakes Up is out 5/16 on Merge. Additionally, Barbarian director Zach Cregger is seemingly making a brand new >Resident Evil film. I haven’t performed any Resident Evil video games, however I’ve seen not less than 4 of the Paul W.S. Anderson movie diversifications.
