Hailing from Alaska and based primarily in Los Angeles, The Lives of Famous Men will return with their new album, Greener Pasture Blues, on November 10.
The band taps into a bit of a 70s singer-songwriter and pop spirit on the album’s lead single, “Darling Come Home.” There is a bit of a playful yet love-longing emotive spirit, reminiscent of some Ben Folds Five, with a charm and hopeful nature that is catchy and sincere.
On the song the band’s Daniel Hall says:
We actually wrote Darling Come Home almost 15 years ago, and it was a staple of our live set when we were touring full time. But when we went to record our first LP (2010’s Marigold Maxixe) it just didn’t feel like it fit sonically with the other songs on the album, so we set it aside and then sort of forgot about it. When we started pre-production for the new album (Greener Pasture Blues, out November 10), we kind of threw out the rulebook and said ‘Let’s just record the best songs we have, old or new.’ We wrote a new bridge, and changed some of the instrumentation, but the lyrics were actually quite fitting for an album that is in many ways about the struggle to be present, and to face what’s directly in front of us. I really think there’s a right moment for every song, and maybe for Darling Come Home, that moment is now.
Enjoy “Darling Come Home” now below.
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