Few recordings, local or not, have me as excited as We Used To Think The Freeway Sounded Like A River, the poetic-sounding new full-length from the booze/horse enthusiasts in Richmond Fontaine. Thankfully the band just released this excellent video for their lead single, “You Can Move Back Here.”
Blatantly ignoring the threat of poison oak, the Fontaine members—joined by a random friend and a tail-wagging dog—seem to be having a blast while performing deep in a woods, while the rest of the video acts as a snapshot of the beauty—the coast, the forest, the rain—of the state that we call home. Usually we avoid posting more than a couple lyrics of a song, but for Willy Vlautin we’ll make an exception.
There’s so many people there
And you quit calling home
Now your voice is shaky and weird
Please you can move back here
We all miss you and you don’t have to be anything here and
At least you’ll have the Western sky and me on your side
Cities and subways that run all night
Everything costs so much
You’re all alone with neighbors on every side
God, I love this band.
End Hits: I once lost $20 at the Greshman dog track. (That’s not a Richmond Fontaine song title, but it could be.)
I heart RF. I truly, truly do. Glad they’re a Portland band. Great song.
That’s it. I’ve been wasting away in LA for the past 2 years, yearning to move home. Fuck it. I’m doing it. This is my sign.
Did they write this song about me in San Francisco?
*pretty sure they did
just saw this band in Leeds (UK) the other night for the 4th time… they are just the most entertaining band live and fantastic band recorded. There are so many tracks I can just put on repeat and not get bored listening to them cos they are lyrical masterpieces. These guys are poets.