But Hodges has never much been interested in anything but scratching his own unique creative itch, which made the three-year gap between STRFKR’s 2013 release, Miracle Mile, and the recently dropped Being No One, Going Nowhere both frustrating to fans and kind of expected. In contrast to the band’s communal songwriting approach on the last record, Hodges wrote the new songs by himself. The first single, “Satellite,” is anchored by a jaunty rhythm section and tastefully layered with keyboards and guitars. And then there’s Hodges’ high-ranged, laconic vocal delivery, which is employed as just another element in the mix. He opens the song with this nod to his self-imposed seclusion (he wrote much of the album by himself in Joshua Tree, Calif.): “Fall away from the edge of the world/Where I’m fine on my own/Felt right alone.” The lyrics that follow are pretty abstract and mystical, but Hodges apparently had specific topics in mind.
“I wrote it pretty quickly, sitting on my bed during a hot spell in L.A., waiting for the sun to go down so I could go outside,” Hodges told Interview magazine just before the album’s release last October. “To me, the lyrics are kind of about morality and whether it’s subjective and imposed or natural. I think at the time I was just thinking a lot about shame and how useless that generally is for us, especially in regard to our sexuality.”
Click here for tickets/more show info.
