When he’s not bumming around the country with indie-rockers Love As Laughter or collaborating with the likes of some guitar-jock named J Mascis, Farmer Dave of Beachwood Sparks, and other such quietly shining luminaries, gangsta-rap-natured and psych-country-nurtured Miguel Mendez likes to do ONE THING: play Dr. Mario on his Nintendo 64 (actually, I’m just guessing here, since that’s what I like to do whenever I have a spare 19 seconds on my hands).
But either way, let’s just say that when he’s not doing that, he likes to put out easy breezy records full of satire-rock as a humble solo artist. And his newest effort is a delightfully delirious country-fried indie romp called Love Is For The Rich. It comes out October 7 as a co-release between Deathbomb Arc and Psychedelic Thriftstore, and you can pre-order it on iTunes right now.
But wait, before you do that (or afterwards I guess, actually — whichever), check out the BRAND-NEW video clip premiering today for album track “Your Dealer,” a delicious and satisfying-but-lean slice of slack rock, the strangely-too-perfect video for which was directed by Mendez’s label-mate Signor Benedick The Moor. It’ll definitely get you fiendin’ for all the things you haven’t got. Including this li’l record.
Love Is For The Rich tracklisting:
01. A Hole
02. To Her (Idea to Her) [feat. Pearl Charles]
03. Written on Your Face
04. Yr Dealer
05. We Collide
06. Too Drunk to Breathe (feat. Pearl Charles)
07. Hotgirl
08. The Red Balloon Is You
09. Girl, Don’t Get Mad
10. And Thus…