New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Today Health&Beauty share a new track from their forthcoming studio album, NO SCARE, set for release via Wichita Recordings on August 5, 2016.
Josh Terry of RedEye premiered "Riverside Cemetery" and said, "In the song, which boasts breathless intensity due to its recording, harmonies and buzzing guitars bubble up to the surface for some sublimely executed and noisy indie rock."
Brian J. Sulpizio explains the story behind �Riverside Cemetery�:
�The melody came from trying to rip off a bass line from 'Trance of
Seven Colors.' We wrote the song together in rehearsal.
Riverside Cemetery is the name of the largest cemetery in my hometown, Defiance, Ohio. My dad's parents are buried there. A couple years ago I moved back there for a summer. I applied for food stamps and, if you are able-bodied, they send you to cut the grass at the cemetery or some similar job. They divide your benefit amount by minimum wage and you go and work for that number of hours. For me it ended up being two and a half days per month. Many people thought this was not enough time. I thought, as long as I was working, they should give me a paycheck instead of food stamps.
It was not only food stamp recipients working at the cemetery but also prisoners on work release and people serving community service. The man who I thought was the boss was actually a sort of superintendent; he was an older man who drove the truck around, but he was only there working off a drunk driving fine. The actual boss was a guy in his late 20s who we barely saw, but he would come out of his office in the morning to harass the prisoners. I think he thought he was doing an especially good job by contributing to their punishment. The work was pretty fun and those of us in the field had good talking time at lunch breaks. Once I bought donuts after we'd spent the morning digging a trench for a new water main.�
Health&Beauty is the name under which Brian J Sulpizio has released music since 2003. The current lineup of the group has been playing together since 2012, featuring pianist Ben Boye (a constant collaborator since 2009, who also plays with Will Oldham,
Angel Olsen and many others) and drummer Frank Rosaly (a regular collaborator with
Peter Brotzmann and many other jazz and experimental music greats). This version of the group along with bassist Anton Hatwich, made up the band on Ryley Walker's Primrose Green.
The band previously shared the track "Wartime," which is available to stream via Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/wichita-recordings/healthbeauty-wartime
NO SCARE is the most euphoric listening experience presented yet in the band�s catalogue, where darkness and light can't help but complement each other in the short comedy of the human experience.
Health&Beauty recently completed a run of very well received mainland
Europe shows with
Kevin Morby, and will announce UK shows soon.
NO SCARE will be available on LP, CD & Digital. The full tracklisting is as follows:
1) Back To The Place
2) Wartime
3) Asunci�n & Dayanara
4) No Scare
5) Beyond Beyonc�
6) Im Yr Baby (for
Aaron Swartz)
7) Riverside Cemetery
Tour Dates:
8/9: Chicago, IL - Constellation (w/
Sarah Neufeld & Colin Stetson)
8/10: Lafayette, IN - The Spot
8/21: Cleveland, OH - Maple Lanes
Health&Beauty links:
https://twitter.com/wealthandduty
https://www.facebook.com/WealthDuty/
https://healthbeautyband.com/
