The title track to Milk St.’s “Good Grief” is accompanied by a music video that looks like the opening sequence to a kind of elevated coming of age horror film akin to Talk to Me. Musically it sounds like a gloriously slackery kin to late 80s Flaming Lips, early Beck or even early Ween had those bands come up through 2000s indie rock and 2010s garage psych and indie pop. Though driven by jangle-y acoustic guitar and intentionally off key vocals that have their own, charming musical logic. We hear turntable scratches and flourishes of vocal delivery clearly inspired by hip-hop without strictly being rapped. The life depicted in the lyrics and in the video seems to be one of a dissolute life in search of meaning but accepting things as they are and turning a lifestyle into artistic expression to give it coherent accessible form. If it’s not supposed to have a kernel of humor the song and video nevertheless conveys a sense of the absurdity of life. Watch the video for “Good Grief” on YouTube and follow Milk St. at the links provided.
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