Before we get to the music, the drama, the indie-pop nostalgia of "Burn Out Like Roman Candles" - a few important things about the New York City Queens. Vocalist and guitarist/bassist Daniela Hernandez grew up in the Washington, D.C., suburbs; and drummer Isaac Chavez-Garza moved to Texas from Minnesota to escape the cold. After a series of discarded ideas inspired by S.E. Hinton's "The Outsiders" (see the list), Stephens was inspired by a thrift-store shopping trip in Montrose. What occurred to me was that this could either be some person who is gay or transsexual and really proud about it and down with that, which I thought was super-cool, or it's just repping for Queens the borough. The band played its first show almost a year ago to the day and had a completed EP in hand, along with music videos, completed months earlier. The idea behind the band initially was to take this 1950s, early-1960s pop influence and blend it with modern-rock elements like the Strokes and Arcade Fire and Beach House, Stephens says. New record "Burn Out Like Roman Candles," then, is a proper reintroduction of sorts, the evolution of an already solid idea into something the entire group could sink its teeth and talents into. "Roman Candles" simmers for several minutes before breaking into a wall of guitars; and closer "Leave a Light On" features a chorus of soft na-nas supplied by various kids, nieces and nephews. The band calls the entire thing a "concept album" about friendships, relationships and the process of recording the actual album while trying to maintain personal connections.
08/20/2012
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