In honor of the New Year, we’re posting for your ear candy pleasure, Val Emmich’s song ‘New Year’s Resolution’ from his 2006 album, Sunlight Searchparty!
You can purchase ‘New Year’s Resolution’ or the album it’s from, Sunlight Searchparty on iTunes or CD/DVD.
The CD version of Sunlight Searchparty comes with a DVD that has ‘It’s Only Your Life’ a documentary of the making of Sunlight Searchparty.
‘New Year’s Resolution’ Lyrics:
i made a new year’s resolution
knowing i would break it
knowing that it wouldn’t stick
every year its something different
never makes a difference
i’m only lying to myself
broken promises make people look ugly
especially when you tell everyone you’re gonna change
it gives me a constant sense of failure
i just want to get better
gotta take it step by step
stop smoking, then start excercising
then start eating healthy
spend more time with my family and friends
‘cause broken promises make people look ugly
especially when you tell everyone you’re gonna change
yeah you’re gonna change
yeah you’re gonna change
stop lying
when will you stop lying
when will you stop lying
when will you stop lying
you’re only lying to yourself
stop lying
when will we stop lying
when will we stop lying
when will we stop lying
we’re only lying to ourselves
i made a new year’s resolution
knowing i would break it
knowing that it wouldn’t stick
What’s your New Year’s Resolution for 2012?!
While Val was on tour with Good Old War he sat down with The Unground Plug during his set at Maxwell’s in Hoboken to discuss being on the road, his new album, and some of his musical influences.
If you weren’t able to make it out to any of the shows, The Underground Plug has posted up Val’s performance from Maxwell’s on YouTube.
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Were you part of the whole ‘Gay for Jamie’ craze when the ‘Cougars’ episode of 30 Rock was aired?
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Missed your chance to see Val play while out on the road with Good Old War? No worries, the Underground Plug was at his show in Hoboken at Maxwell’s and has posted some of his set from the night.
Set List 12/14/11 Maxwell’s - Hoboken, NJ
01 Expecting
02 Get On With It
03 Wooly Mammoths
04 The Only One Lonely
05 Resume
06 High Noon
07 E.S.T.
08 Absolutely Still
09 Sour
If you want to check out any of the other shows from the tour, make sure you check out the event page on Val’s site and click on past events. You can watch some of the performances or check out photos from the shows you missed, and while you’re there, you can check out upcoming shows to see if Val is hitting up your city any time soon.
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Val Emmich got his start in New Brunswick »
What’s it all about, Val?
Val Emmich’s excellent new album, “Aide Memoire,” is a nuanced rock record — at times whisper delicate and at times brusquely pointed — that also asks some pretty big questions.
Take the ethereal track “Wooly Mammoth.”
“I don’t know where that song came from,” said Emmich, a native of Manalapan. “It’s about the world we’re leaving to our kids. I had an almost apocalyptic vision of there’s so many people, and when we’re gone, what’s left? We’re just bones, just like the wooly mammoths.”
Emmich’s introspection was perhaps prompted by the arrival of a new baby nine months ago for he and his wife, who live in Jersey City.
Read the rest of the article by going to MyCentralJersey.com.
Val Emmich performing ‘Expecting’ from his Aide Memoire album at the House of Blues in Cleveland, OH on 12/18/11.
Video filmed by: Dexcab
VAL EMMICH SONG OF THE DAY (12/14/11) - ‘Wooly Mammoths’
LYRICS:
the politics today
wont have any votes to sway.
they’ll be wooly mammoths
debating wooly mammoths.
the signs all point one way
but I still hear people say
“it’ll never happen.”
but it’s gonna happen.
so what am I to do?
I can’t buy a better view.
but it shouldn’t matter.
it shouldn’t matter.
but its so hard to ignore
the things that others afford.
its only matter.
I know,
its only matter.
but it gives me the sickest feeling.
it gives me the sickest feeling.
and its only getting worse.
its only getting worse.
its getting sadder.
I’m getting sadder.
and it gives me the sickest feeling.
it gives me the sickest feeling.
I want to pull the plug.
I want to pull the plug
and go to static.
just go to static.
let em have it.
just let em have it.
those wooly mammoths.
wooly mammoths.
You can purchase this song, ‘Wooly Mammoths’ or the entire album it’s on, ‘Aide Memoire’ on iTunes or CDBaby.com.
VAL EMMICH ON TOUR! »
NEXT STOP - Hoboken, NJ on TONIGHT! (12/14/11)
Val Emmich & The Veeries are currently touring with Good Ole War and will be playing at Maxwell’s TONIGHT in Hoboken, NJ!
If you’re in the Hoboken, NJ area and have nothing to do on TONIGHT then you should head over to Maxwell’s and catch some good ass music!
Tickets are $12-$14 and the show starts at 9pm! You can purchase tickets at the door or online here: ticketfly.com
REMAINING VAL EMMICH TOUR DATES:
12/04/11 - Vienna, VA @ Jammin Java*
12/08/11 - Hamden, CT @ The Space
12/09/11 - Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
12/10/11 - Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
12/11/11 - Portland, ME @ Port City Music Hall
12/13/11 - Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar
12/14/11 - Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell’s
12/16/11 - Brooklyn, NY @ Bell House
12/17/11 - Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk Place
12/18/11 - Cleveland, OH @ HOB Cambridge Room
12/20/11 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Altar Bar
01/13/12 - NYC, NY @ Mercury Lounge*
01/21/12 - Asbury Park, NJ @ The Saint*
*Without Good Old War
PHOTO BY VIRGINIA KAMENITZER
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If you’re in Baltimore, MD show starts at 7pm tonight (12/13/11), tickets are $12 and you should go!
Here’s the address:
Ottobar
2549 Howard Street
Baltimore, MD 21218
