Blonde Redhead’s “Snowman” isn’t about Young Jeezy
thefader.comOver the past few years, Gen Zs were exposed to Blonde Redhead thanks to "For the Damaged Coda," a 2000 track that got super popular thanks to a 2014 appearance on Rick & Morty (and later, became a popular TikTok sound).
What's awaiting curious listeners beyond that song is a 30-year career of crate-digging experimental rock and lush dream-pop that doesn't seek to fit in entirely with the shoegazers.
Sit Down for Dinner, the band's first album in nine years, is due out on September 29 via Section 1. Today (May 30), you can hear its lead single "Snowman." Kazu Makino and her bandmates Simone and Amedeo Pace construct an immaculate vibe from the opening notes, finding a delicious tension between the slightly anxious rhythm section and crystalline acoustic guitar melodies thrumming with the energy of a deep embrace.
It channels the melodies of Brazilian underground music and Bach-leaning vocal melodies, according to a press release: "I got inspired to write a song that only had two chords and a melody that would live and float between them," Amadeo writes. "‘Snowman’ is about how it can be a blessing or a curse to be invisible and undetectable, and how it’s something we all feel and desire at times.” So, it's exactly about Young Jeezy.
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