One of the many events happening
this weekend, we've got Capitol Hill
Block Party in studio this morning.
The event takes over the Pike
Pine Corridor every summer,
and this year it's happening
from July 21st to the 23rd.
And here to give us a preview is one
of the bands performing Plastic Picnic.
Oh, I can't wait
as long as you need.
Oh, I'm a useless shell.
I'm a Babble in your tail.
No pages
turned and the draw stays closed.
It's you're ripping it
out to roll something up.
Well, you just sit there on the bed
waiting for a change.
You stand straight through wars
again. It's always the same.
You'll never miss it. To the sun Earth.
It's Saturday. Coming. Good.
I never want it there for you.
Oh, here I am. Here I am.
It came at New York City rain.
It's quick and unclear again.
The soak in wet, indulgent Bay.
Oh, I can't wait
as long as you need.
I picked your backyards late
at night when we were 19.
Well, you just sit there on
the bed, waiting for a change.
You stand straight through
all the good. It's always
the same.
It's
always the same.
Oh, you're falling in December.
So here I am. Here I am, Here I am.
Thank you. That was beautiful.
Emile and Lincoln, tell us about
your music because when we were
talking a little bit earlier,
you were saying that it really reflects
both where you grew up and then
also where you are now in New York.
Tell me about that. Yeah. Well, we all
met locally in college up in Bellingham,
WA, and then we graduated and moved to
New York to kind of pursue pursue music.
So we wanted our name to reflect.
Some of that juxtaposition.
So the plastic is supposed to,
like, reflect the mechanics or the
artificial kind of things about New
York City or a big metropolitan area.
And then the picnic is supposed to
be kind of a reflection on, like,
the nostalgia of growing up somewhere
a little more wholesome and natural and
being outdoors and all the things that
are great about the Pacific Northwest.
Do you
say the same? I think they
use the word breezy. Yeah.
And dark kind of, yeah.
I think our music also is talking
about kind of like hardship,
but dealing with it in a lighthearted way.
And so we kind of like just wanted two
things that felt kind of opposing in a way,
like a picnic and something plastic,
very natural and very artificial.
Well, tell us about the block party this
year. What can attendees expect? We're
excited. I think for us, it's like a lot of.
Getting to see new music,
like we're going to learn about
a lot of new bands and it's just
always an amazing time for us.
It's like we this used to kind of be
home and we played it a lot in the past,
maybe like three or four times.
So it kind of feels like a homecoming for us.
But I think it's just like everyone
in Seattle is is just like elated.
It is. And there's that feeling
too where we're we had it last
year but with the with COVID,
I think the years before where
we couldn't have it it it's
going to I think feel even more
exciting to be back tell us about
some of the other bands playing.
Yeah there's a couple like
local bands that that we're fans of like
C Lemon and another band called Acid
Tongue that we have history with And then.
Some of the headliners are great,
like Louis the Child and Sophie Tucker.
We're really excited to see a band
called Husbands that are playing
that we get to play a show with
in Wenatchee tomorrow actually.
And yeah, it's it's a really good mix
of music and I think compared to big,
you know, bigger festivals,
not that their names on it aren't big, but.
It just feels so much more like a
part of Seattle community because
it really is a block party.
It's
very what the ambience is like.
If someone's never gone yeah maybe it
was something they should a way they
should do the festival so to speak drink
a lot of water and and see and and
and visit the other stages.
I mean it's compared to like I think
the the can how condensed it is
really benefits the festival because
you can walk 15 feet to and be in
another room and see another band.
And so, yeah, don't stay at
the Mainstage all day.
Definitely check in some
of the smaller stages,
the opportunity to discover new music.
Yeah, drink lots of water.
Yes, yes, they hydrated.
And just a reminder,
Capitol Hill Block Party is
happening this coming weekend
from July 21st to the 23rd.
Head to their website for ticket info.