Bodega
- Viernes, noviembre 27
- 19:00-23:00
- Future Yard 75 Argyle Street, Birkenhead CH41 6AB, Reino Unido
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“I never thought of us as a post-punk band,” stresses Ben Hozie, singer and guitarist in the NYC-based band Bodega. “I just thought of us as a conceptual rock band.”
This might come as a surprise to those who have been following the band over the last several years. Bodega’s previous albums Endless Scroll (2018), Broken Equipment (2022) and Our Brand Could Be Your Life (2024) drew comparisons to post-punk icons like Talking Heads, the B-52s, Devo and Sonic Youth.
“Post-punk is conceptual punk, so that lent itself to our thing early on,” says Hozie, “but at the end of the day, it’s about our songwriting.”
The post-punk tag has not been apt for some time now. Our Brand Could Be Your Life, a rerecording of a 2015 album by an earlier incarnation of the group called Bodega Bay, was more inspired by classic indie rock bands like Pavement and Guided By Voices. Rot in Helvetica, released under the group’s alter ego Nodega, saw them go in the opposite direction, delving into the sound of classic hardcore punk like Black Flag and 7 Seconds.
Bodega’s new album, All Inside Aquarium, sees the band stray further from these post-punk origins. The group’s goal was, “Let’s go back to melodic tunes, let’s be more of a proper rock band,” Hozie explains. Sonically, the band aimed for “this late ‘80s/early ‘90s Stone Roses-meets-Jane’s Addiction thing, with more riffing and guitar solos.”
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Future Yard
75 Argyle Street, Birkenhead CH41 6AB, Reino Unido