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Pity Party People

by Linda Immediato

January 30, 2007 11:01 PM

I caught the last show of Pity Party's residency at Silverlake Lounge last night. The band had come highly recommended by lots of pals and LA Weekly writer Alie Ward who gave them a Pick Of The Week and spoke very highly of them on Indie 103 with Mark Shovel. So last night I was ushered by my friend Monica to the front of the stage, right in front of the drum kit, behind it, a Lite Brite little sign proclaimed "The Pity Party." It had some competition from the larger lighted sign that read, "Salvation", but it still looked so sweet. The crowd was largely super fashionable and gorgeous. A lithe woman in a felt light blue fedora danced in front of me, boys with suit jackets on dotted the room. And out came guitarist Maurice-Robert (a.k.a. Marc Smollin), with a sweater that recalled Kurt Cobain and a terry cloth headband and facial hair that made me think of Luke Wilson's character in The Royal Tennenbaums. He started playing his instrument plucking a sustained string repeatedly. Then the long flame haired Heisenflei (a.k.a. Julie Edwards) took the stage, wearing a cream colored Victorian top, and jeans and red suede boots that she kicked off on stage and sat down barefoot behind the drums. She wailed on those drums, while playing the keyboard and singing. It was the hottest thing I'd ever seen. She was so natural, so completely without ego, she was genuinely feeling the music, possesed by it. I just kept thinking of Little Orphan Annie, not just the red hair, but the balls, the ferocious hard knocks toughness that she brought to the show, with her sort of urchin looks, bare feet and authenticity. Like if Annie grew up and channeled all that Miss Hannigan orphan shit into rock music. I couldn't make out all the lyrics but I did hear, "get fucked up, turn the music up and fuck."

Monica introduced me to Julie after the show. She was giving out copies of the free zine she made with a residency sampler, a compilation CD of all the bands that played a residency while she were there. There was a quarter in the bag too. Oh and I found out where Julie's stage name came from, she says, "It's from Watership Down. I thought it was the name of one of the female bunnies, but I misheard it. It's actually, Hyzenthlay." She shrugged, not too concerned.

If you missed them at the free Mondays at Silverlake Lounge, you can still catch them March 5th at the Viper Room for just 10 bucks. It's a small price to pay for so much hotness.

Photo from Pity Party myspace page, by Alan Munoz

Posted by Linda Immediato

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