The suburban crime plot at the heart of Ethan Larsh’s “The Last Big Score” takes on the element of epic, self-deprecating farce in the music video. Larsh and band (assuming it’s his band) perform in a basement and the song is fine, like an 80s ballad in the vein of a power pop take on Bruce Springsteen about blue collar life. But this one is more like something out of a Cohen Brothers film or like the eye-rolling fantasies of delusional glory in the band practice scene in Sling Blade. But in this video Larsh waves about a sparkler like it’s a torch in the climax of the song brimming with dramatic saxophones and impassioned choruses. The imagery of stealing everything in sight and then evading police for the unalloyed thrill of making off with what might be as much as six thousand dollars at best like it’s the D.B. Cooper heist is admittedly hilarious but it suits the dryly absurd and melodramatic tone of this earnestly solidly written rock and roll fairy tale told in tribute to at least trying to pursue modest dreams. Watch the video for “The Last Big Score” on YouTube and follow Ethan Larsh at the links below.
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