![]() And I think that always intersects with pretty music. I tend to like sad songs, songs that have a little lament in them, not joyful or celebratory party music. But I feel like I’m able to cathartically release some of these ideas in the music. I don’t think of myself as suffering from depression in a clinical sense. I’m not in therapy or on any kind of medicine. ![]() Well, I’m lucky that I have an outlet for these feelings in the songs. I’m wondering if those are new, midlife feelings, or if they’ve always been with you, and if they’ve ever affected your ability to put out work at such a crazy clip. On the three albums people consider your “serious” ones- In Glendale, What the Brokenhearted Do and the new one, you express some feelings of depression. Those guys had been in that scene for years, playing in churches and basements and stuff. We did a little tour of the South over our holiday break. We were playing shows in places like Khyber Pass. Yeah, it was in that Philly emo/hardcore scene. Was that a more serious band than the ones you played in in high school? So when I’m writing, I guess my subconscious vomits out those feelings. “I tend to like sad songs, songs that have a little lament in them, not joyful or celebratory party music. I dipped into that very briefly, but it didn’t last. There were lots of Moogs and synth sounds going on. Is that real, or am I making that up?Įric and some of our friends had kind of an emo, new wave–inspired band that I joined for a little bit to play keyboards. I saw a video once of you and Eric playing in sort of a new wavy college band. But it was mostly just a fun way to hang with friends. It was pretty straightforward songs I’d written that were a little too serious. Bad comparisons, but Counting Crows maybe, or Gin Blossoms. I had a band called Pulsating Libidos-the name was funny, but the songs were very ’90s folk rock. It was really only when I started making TV that I went back to music, because we needed music for the shows. I really didn’t play music in college very much. But it fizzled out, and I focused more on film and acting. There was a little moment in high school where I thought, “OK, what would the next step be to take this more seriously?” I thought about making a demo, doing some more serious recording. We would make home recordings on a rented TASCAM four-track. You could, with very little money, get an amp and some guitars. But bands are something you could actually do with friends. All these things seem so far out of reach when you’re a kid. Well, I’m glad I didn’t, because who knows where I’d be right now if I’d put all my eggs into one basket as an indie rock musician. Did you want to be a professional musician growing up? ![]() I’ve seen videos floating around online of you playing in bands as a teen. Instead, we spent the short time allotted for our conversation discussing ’90s Philly hardcore, the Us premiere, and cavewomen. This interview does not reach a verdict on the case of whether Heidecker’s unabashed dad rock will appeal to the audience he’s accrued as a comedian, although it’s an incontrovertible fact that this album is his best so far, helped along by an impressive cast starring Mering, whose backup vocals dramatically enhance Tim’s raw tenor. At this point, it’s either the longest, least funny bit he’s ever done, or, as he’s indicated exhaustively in every interview he’s given since 2016, a sincere midlife pivot. But Tim has been releasing earnest singer-songwriter tunes for half a decade now. “He must be kidding,” they’ll say, and maybe he is, a little. Those who’ve followed Heidecker’s comedic career but haven’t kept up with his musical one will hear this line as satire. “You’re about to feel.” They sing the second line in unison, like Peter or Paul strumming his guitar next to Mary, leading a kindergarten singalong. “Put your headphones on if you dare,” he sings, harmonizing with Natalie Mering ( Weyes Blood ) in major sixths. Tim Heidecker begins his new album, Fear of Death, with an invitation.
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