The LA Times called our record, HOLLYWOOD PARK, by the Airborne Toxic Event:
"Jesus of Suburbia meets Darkness at the Edge of town."
And the Telegraph said it was "The National channeling Bruce Springsteen."
I wrote it when my dad died and honestly I'm so proud of this record.
"Jesus of Suburbia meets Darkness at the Edge of town."
And the Telegraph said it was "The National channeling Bruce Springsteen."
I wrote it when my dad died and honestly I'm so proud of this record.
My father left prison at 27 and went to a drug rehab community to deal with a heroin addiction. It turned into a cult, where I was born. I lived in an orphanage there. When we escaped, I finally got to know him. He was my best friend.
When he died I wrote HOLLYWOOD PARK for him.
When he died I wrote HOLLYWOOD PARK for him.
"The references to heroin, religion and parole act as an impressionistic reflection of a tumultuous life, building on the grandiosity that made their single 'Sometime Around Midnight' so revelatory. It's an hour of sheer roar-along brilliance. Stupendous." loudersound.com/reviews/the-ai…
From the vinyl record interior for HOLLYWOOD PARK:
My father with the Jim Croce mustache.
My mother with her shaved head from the cult.
The entrance to Chino State Prison.
The grandstand of Hollywood Park on fire.
My brother & I leaning against the fence at the racetrack.
My father with the Jim Croce mustache.
My mother with her shaved head from the cult.
The entrance to Chino State Prison.
The grandstand of Hollywood Park on fire.
My brother & I leaning against the fence at the racetrack.
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