One of qualities we appreciate the most in a new band is how spontanous they sound – and that’s what a lot of people seem to relate to in the new decade after years spent glorifying rather contrived music. But it’s really, really hard to sound sponstaneous on record without sounding sloppy or careless. That’s obviously not a problem for newly formed NYC band Mesico, or that’s what we gather from this truly great alt-folk-rock tune streaming below, entitled "Lies" – check out the video here.
Mixing traditional American music with authentic rock’n’roll attitude and a vein of psychedelia, "Lies" has the intensity of one of the best uptempo Nick Cave songs without being NOT fun. Mesiko released a three song EP in March, featuring Lies, and two country-ish noir ballads. See them live at Rock Shop on May 14 with Dawn Landes.
We added this song to The Deli’s playlist of Best songs by emerging NYC artists – check it out!