Photo courtesy Leslie Plesser
Thursday, June 21, 2012
East Liberty
"Cult Minneapolis rockers Hockey Night split up a couple of years
back, and for a time mainmen Scott Wells and Paul Sprangers continued to
operate under that moniker. They altered their musical orientation, got
signed to DFA, and recorded an album with LCD Soundsystem’s James
Murphy playing bass and manning the mixing desk, and Pat Mahoney on
drums. FACT was fortunate enough to hear a few tracks at DFA HQ last
year and can tell you that they sound great – very un-DFA in a way, with
a real high-fidelity, guitar-heavy and totally unironic AM-rock sound
reminds us of Tom Petty and great summers. And now…
The band is a quintet – Sprangers and Wells are joined by Geoff
Bucknam, Nicholas Shuminsky and Evan Wells – and they’ve changed their
name to Free Energy. DFA are currently giving away a free track by the
band, ‘Dream City’, taken from the forthcoming album. It’s the first
publicly available material by Free Energy and it’s brilliant,
obviously.”
The band is touring this summer, previewing tracks from their upcoming album "Love Sign" and stop in Pittsburgh next Thursday. Bandleader Paul Sprangers was nice enough to participate in this edition of First/Last.
The first album you ever bought?
“Appetite for Destruction”, Guns N’ Roses. Our babysitter played it for me.
“Appetite for Destruction”, Guns N’ Roses. Our babysitter played it for me.
Your last album bought?
“Skying”, The Horrors. Epic mind rockers.
“Skying”, The Horrors. Epic mind rockers.
Favorite album of all time?
“Kick”, INXS.
“Kick”, INXS.
Least favorite/most disappointing
album?
“Chipmunk Punk”, The Chipmunks.
“Chipmunk Punk”, The Chipmunks.
First concert attended?
New Kids on the Block at Harriet Island in Minnesota.
New Kids on the Block at Harriet Island in Minnesota.
Last concert?
M83 at Union Transfer in Philadelphia, PA.
M83 at Union Transfer in Philadelphia, PA.
Favorite concert ever?
Coldplay in Camden, NJ. Viva La Vida!. Mind blowing.
Coldplay in Camden, NJ. Viva La Vida!. Mind blowing.
Least favorite concert?
Thomas Dolby at SXSW in 2012. TOTAL BUMMER (Free Energy played after him).
Thomas Dolby at SXSW in 2012. TOTAL BUMMER (Free Energy played after him).
Any thoughts, experiences about
Pittsburgh?
We love Pittsburgh! Played an awesome show there a couple years ago. Super psyched to come back. Please come out and say hi.
We love Pittsburgh! Played an awesome show there a couple years ago. Super psyched to come back. Please come out and say hi.
Thanks, Paul. Digging the lead track off the new LP.
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