{"id":12156,"date":"2015-01-18T08:45:19","date_gmt":"2015-01-18T13:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=12156"},"modified":"2015-10-21T21:13:14","modified_gmt":"2015-10-22T01:13:14","slug":"sporting-life-share-video-latest-single","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=12156","title":{"rendered":"Sporting Life share video for latest single &#8216;Spoil Yr Party&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>San Francisco-based indie quintet, Sporting Life,\u00a0has released the video for<em> Spoil Yr Party<\/em>, which is lifted from\u00a0their upcoming &#8216;Rivalry&#8217; LP, out on\u00a0March 10, 2015. The eleven tracks on the record draw heavily on their Brit-pop influences making the debut short and punchy, full of lush layers and instrumental hooks.<\/p>\n<p>Sporting Life&#8217;s Andrew Gomez explains more about <em>Spoil Yr Party<\/em>: <em>&#8220;The song is about the futile fight against a mundane existence: the &#8220;get up, eat, go to work, go back to bed&#8221; life. We like to think we are one big break away from escaping the average. In truth, it requires some real bravery, so many of us (&amp; certainly I) do what the narrator does in the chorus \/ second verse: drink his face off, act obnoxiously at parties, surround himself with diversions, and act like he&#8217;s smarter than everyone else. It&#8217;s a celebration of the fleeting. The footage is taken from a 1980 documentary called Skateboard Madness that featured a bit on the popularity of roller-skating. The footage makes it easy to be taken in. it seems like a short documentary on a fantastic time that never existed.&#8221;<\/em> Watch <em>Spoil Yr Party<\/em> below via Vimeo.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Spoil Yr Party&quot;-Sporting Life\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/113580839?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>More about Sporting Life?<\/strong> Juxtaposing overlaying guitars, synthesizers and vocal harmonies, Sporting Life creates lush soundscapes for the disaffected. They craft a mood of righteous indignation, reminiscent of the punk aesthetic, but with a pop sensibility it presents uproarious declarations of love and beauty in an otherwise hollow and cynical world.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Rivalry-cover.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12160\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Rivalry-cover.png?resize=219%2C221\" alt=\"Rivalry cover\" width=\"219\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Rivalry-cover.png?resize=297%2C300&amp;ssl=1 297w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Rivalry-cover.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Rivalry-cover.png?w=363&amp;ssl=1 363w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMeticulously recorded in their practice space at LightRail Studios in the Bayview neighborhood of San Francisco, the band broke just about every studio &#8220;rule&#8221; in order to craft their wall of sound on &#8216;Rivalry&#8217;. After recording double and triple layers of each guitar, the band then filled in the drums and additional instruments. The sonic textures are clear in tracks such as <em>Spoil yr Party<\/em> and <em>Tsunami<\/em>. The album, mixed by Phil Manley at Lucky Cat in San Francisco, comes together in a cyclical fashion, bringing every note to the surface.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>San Francisco-based indie quintet, Sporting Life,\u00a0has released the video for Spoil Yr Party, which is lifted from\u00a0their upcoming &#8216;Rivalry&#8217; LP, out on\u00a0March 10, 2015. 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