Funeral Party, a four-piece from working class East LA, have released a promising three-song EP that showcases their considerable popularity as a backyard-party band. The Bootleg EP may not reinvent the genre, but it definitely proves they have an aptitude for post-punk dance music.
“NYC Moves to the Sound of LA” serves as part thesis statement, part challenge to the New York scene. The song opens with a combination of beats, one set played on cymbals, the other sounding like someone beating on all the pots and pans in their kitchen. It builds until the beats seem to come from everywhere at once, then adds driving guitars and rough vocals into the mix. Lead singer Chad Elliott sounds a bit like he’s got a permanent sore throat, and as the song continues, the voice gets rougher with each line. It’s a nice touch to an otherwise well-executed but fairly standard indie rock dance number — as though this wasn’t recorded in the studio, but rather towards the end of a long live set in a smoky bar.
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