Aug 26 2024 55 mins
Another week, another new episode of ’60 Minutes or less’ - A podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast! For episode seventeen we’re joined by NYC royalty, Ben Hozie of New York art-punks BODEGA!
An outfit we’ve been following since nearly day dot - or at least that’s what we thought. This year saw the release of their latest album ‘Our Brand Could Be Yr Life’, a reworking of an album of the same name released almost a decade ago when they were known as Bodega Bay. A concept album about the current corporate mentality of underground and indie rock, as you’ll soon hear, not much has changed since. Hey - it’s like The Stereophonics said - You Gotta Go There To Come Back.
BODEGA ultimately formed off the back of that previous incarnation and would release their debut album ‘Endless Scroll’ in 2018. We’ve been hooked ever since.
Experts at crafting infectious bops left, right and centre, we are eager beavers for everything they put out and always try to catch them on tour whenever they’re in the UK (which is often). It was during their last runaround when we caught up with guitarist and vocalist Ben in Manchester during the May bank holiday ahead of an all-dayer at Band on the Wall. Heavy on The Beatles chat, it’s a discussion that goes here, there and everywhere, and would end up being one of my personal favourites from our current crop.
I was gutted we didn’t get the chance to talk with fellow vocalist Nikki Belfiglio also… or did we? You’ll have to listen all the way to the end to find out! Buckle up, buckaroo - it’s a big one!
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