New Jersey power trio Cathedral Ceilings returned with their new album La La La…Whatever, which was released on September 6th via Dromedary Records.
“Bill Berry” is a very 90s esque chugging garage rocker with a nostalgic old school style of rock and punk with some great guitar riffs and a vocal that is no-nonsense and delivers some anthemic vocals that feels like the fragments of a great summer day.
Speaking on the song, the band’s Ralph Malanga adds:
“A recurring theme in my lyrics is to write about other songs. I probably do it too much. But I think some songs are so good, they need another song to talk (or sing) about how good they are. This song is kind of a period piece as people don’t make mixtapes anymore. But when I was younger, mixtapes were a massive part of the culture. It was a way to connect with people and get turned on by a song you may have never heard before (no internet, yo). This song is kind of a microcosm of a typical mixtape I would make. It’s upbeat with a great walking bass from Tommy. It’s got a couple of nice melodies with a soaring chorus. Bill Berry was the drummer for REM, who were a fixture on a lot of my mixtapes. I still have a milkcrate in my basement full of tapes I made or traded in high school. As cheesy as they may seem, it’s one step better than, ‘Do you like me? Check this box.’”
Enjoy the video for the track bellow, which was directed by Sohrab Habibion of SAVAK.
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