Le Big Zero chose a more than averagely clever band name and its video for “Horror Movie Pie Fight” directed by Jeanette D. Moses is a good reflection of the group’s offbeat sense of humor. It features a vampire trying to navigate an even more vampiric world of people coasting through modern life until she cuts that faux party time mingle short with an extravaganza of gore satiating her thirst for blood. But the video has that quality of the awkward comedy but one that is actually darkly funny rather than something from which to walk away partway through. The music is reminiscent of the dynamic starts and stops of what made so many of those Boston bands of the 80s and early 90s so interesting in the way the songs hit with both a forcefulness and a sense of fun—art punk with a knack for pop hooks and bereft of pretentiousness. Though, to be fair, Le Big Zero has its roots on the east coast but not Boston. It’s difficult to be funny as a band and write music that isn’t easily dismissible but Le Big Zero has accomplished that. With beautifully X-esque vocal harmonies and wiry and scrappy guitar riffs anyone into early alternative rock will find something to like with Le Big Zero. Watch the video for “Horror Movie Pie Fight”on YouTube and look out for the release of the act’s new album A Proper Mess out on April 8, 2022 through Know Hope Records.
Queen City Sounds and Art 
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