Space Needle - Beers in Heaven
Taking a break from our usual gothy fare comes the Providence, RI indie band Space Needle. You know, considering they were from Providence, we did not get the pleasure of seeing Space Needle live that many times up in Boston. Maybe a couple. Space Needle were noisy as shit, and sort of haunting, but with a sense of humor running through most of their music and the band as a whole - we were all particularly excited when their second album came out and the cover was done byRoger Dean, of Yes album covers fame.
They had a certain something, Space Needle. And to me, to this day, there are two songs that really capture them: this song, “Beers in Heaven,” and the slightly-more-popular (in that Wikipedia says it was played on an episode of Veronica Mars”) “Never Lonely Alone.” I love both songs, and I think it was probably Never Lonely Alone that resonates with me a bit more now - it’s an interesting, rare insight: that it’s okay to be content being by yourself and that there’s something slightly off about people who can’t deal with being alone. Okay, not an interesting insight in general, but something you don’t too often get out of your pop music, I guess.
“Beers in Heaven” is just a nice, mid-tempo slightly jangly song about relationships that shouldn’t have anything special about it, but does, somehow. Slightly sad, slightly bitter, slightly annoyed and peeved, and hopeful for some sort of redemption and escape, but with an inescapable edge of regret and love, despite never coming out and saying it.
In any case, their best of is available on iTunes. Grab it for this one, “Never Lonely Alone,” “Before I lose my Style,” and “The Sun Doesn’t Love Me Anymore.”
Oo. And I just friended them on Facebook. I was their 65th friend.
