Austin’s premiere party band, La Snacks have had a big year. The Beaumont transplants are releasing their first new music in three years and first full length since 2008, whilst celebrating ten years of keeping it all together. The new record, Le Dope comes off at times like a found 90’s underground relic. It is as much a musical nod to bands like Pavement and Modest Mouse as the lyrics and delivery are to the dry profundity of Frank Black’s solo work. But Le Dope is a fresh and relevant piece of music with modern criticism and enough literary references to make Colin Meloy jealous. Though the band admittedly has had a rocky few years, there isn’t much evidence on Le Dope of any kind of fracture. Le Dope is a great record by a great Austin band and is why they are nominated for our artist of the month poll.
