Eagles of Death Metal are either the lamest cock-rockers to ever don an obtuse mustache and use a fuzz box, or they’re the biggest hucksters currently operating in the indie-rock idiom. It’s hard to tell which is which with their new single “Wannabe in L.A.,” which is obviously a pun, and has barrels of chooga-chooga guitars and sexually charged vocal preening.
“Wannabe in L.A.” is from the band’s upcoming third album, Heart On (these dudes love puns), due out on October 21 via Downtown. [Stereogum]
I saw them live, opening for the Strokes in Berlin, of all places, and while the music did sound better, the band had surprisingly little stage charisma. All they could say to the crowd was screaming "Let's hear it for the ladies!" repeatedly. I think they would have won over the crowd more if they had been able to utter a second sentence.
Surprisingly tame stuff from this band first first single material.
The material sounds a lot better live.
I saw them live, opening for the Strokes in Berlin, of all places, and while the music did sound better, the band had surprisingly little stage charisma. All they could say to the crowd was screaming "Let's hear it for the ladies!" repeatedly. I think they would have won over the crowd more if they had been able to utter a second sentence.
I just saw them in opening for the Hives, and Jesse had a whole Chuck Berry thing happening.