The Lil Hospital
A few years back I found a twee pop band through the internet called “the Lil Hospital.” I can’t remember how we first started chatting but we got to talking and became friendly. Kevin, the brains of the Lil Hospital, offered to swap cds with me; I had already purchased his but he was nice enough to send me an earlier recording he had made called “I Wanna Be Well.”
Now I definely have a magical place in my heart for 60s-inspired indie pop that is recorded terribly and this CD hits that spot like a damn train. Here’s some things he had to say about this recording:
“About the drum machine, it’s just a crappy yamaha keyboard’s drum presets filtered through some cheap reverb unit.”
OK UM AWESOME.
“It’s really lo-fi. meaning it was recorded on an answering machine.”
This can’t be possible but I REALLY want to believe this is true. Every cell in my body wants this to be true. AWESOME AWESOME
“I was cleaning out my parent’s car and i found a copy of “I Wanna Be Well”, which is the Lil’ Hospital’s first album, which is now out of print. in fact, this is the very last last copy.”
I GOT HIS MOM’S COPY. IT LITERALLY DOES NOT GET ANY AWESOMER.
Anyways, I’m posting my favorite song here, “Summer Reading List.” I love that bratty bassline, the clipping drum machine, and all the major 6ths and 7ths floating around. It’s just good.
