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IT’S CASUAL: THE NEW LOS ANGELES
It’s hard to digest the minutiae of society while traveling the freeways of Los Angeles in the comfort of a car at sixty miles per hour. Typically lined on both sides by cinder block walls, the L.A. freeways are mere pipelines of travel, often scurrying residents through neighborhoods of both low and high-income within mere minutes, barely offering a scant glimpse of what happens at the ends of those off-ramps.
But when It’s Casual vocalist/guitarist Edward Solis leaves his eastern Los Angeles-based residence to make his daily hour-long commute to Hollywood, he’s able to form an entirely new perspective. Solis, a rare, unlicensed Angelino, relies solely on public transportation to make his way around. The bus routes and train line on which he rides meander on surface streets, cutting across both decorative and distressed neighborhoods.
Armed with nothing more than a hard, plastic seat perched aside an etched window and his keen observations, Solis has been able to capture his interpretation of Los Angeles life via It’s Casual’s third album, The New Los Angeles.
It’s Casual, also featuring drummer W.C.E., has been performing since the late ‘90s throughout Southern California. The summer of 2002 found the pair outside the state’s borders, as part of the Vans Warped Tour, promoting its debut, Buicregl. In 2004, It’s Casual took a couple days off (yes, literally a couple) to record its second album, Stop Listening To Bad Music. The album found Solis upping the ante on his straightforward delivery of life in the large city.
It’s hard to digest the minutiae of society while traveling the freeways of Los Angeles in the comfort of a car at sixty miles per hour. Typically lined on both sides by cinder block walls, the L.A. freeways are mere pipelines of travel, often scurrying residents through neighborhoods of both low and high-income within mere minutes, barely offering a scant glimpse of what happens at the ends of those off-ramps.
But when It’s Casual vocalist/guitarist Edward Solis leaves his eastern Los Angeles-based residence to make his daily hour-long commute to Hollywood, he’s able to form an entirely new perspective. Solis, a rare, unlicensed Angelino, relies solely on public transportation to make his way around. The bus routes and train line on which he rides meander on surface streets, cutting across both decorative and distressed neighborhoods.
Armed with nothing more than a hard, plastic seat perched aside an etched window and his keen observations, Solis has been able to capture his interpretation of Los Angeles life via It’s Casual’s third album, The New Los Angeles.
It’s Casual, also featuring drummer W.C.E., has been performing since the late ‘90s throughout Southern California. The summer of 2002 found the pair outside the state’s borders, as part of the Vans Warped Tour, promoting its debut, Buicregl. In 2004, It’s Casual took a couple days off (yes, literally a couple) to record its second album, Stop Listening To Bad Music. The album found Solis upping the ante on his straightforward delivery of life in the large city.
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GEOFFDONNELLY
that Welsh hip hop video up there on the other hand.... that's just shit
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GEOFFDONNELLY
This is some good shit
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kukatz
"the new los angelos" album is awesome, respect.
