Premiering exclusively today on the INDY website: “Swan Song,” a single that, counter to its given name, is actually the very first song from Thomas McNeely‘s (Boulevards, Jenny Besetzt, Al Riggs, Reese McHenry) new band, Faang Street.
The new four-piece alt-rock band was formed during the pandemic as a way to “scratch a weirdo indie itch,” says McNeely, and is comprised of members Andrew Manson (bass), Josh Germeroth (drums), and John Riccitelli (keys, synth, vocals).
Noisy and crowded with nervy, synth-heavy distortion, “Swan Song” has an uneasiness about it that’s on loop in lyrics like “Am I sick of the sound or bored with how it’s driving the plot? / Cause working on it’s not working out quite like I thought.”
If that uneasiness sounds unpleasant, think again: claustrophobia is accompanied by snappy hooks, tangled guitars, and a dark, swelling, racing-a-bike-down-the-street catharsis. The band celebrates its first song with a first set at Local 506 with Surfer Blood on Sunday, November 7; a second show, later in December, will stage a winter prom set with Pie Face Girls and Paradise Motel Lounge (all proceeds will go to the Carolina Abortion Fund).
Listen to “Swan Song” below.
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