I recently received an e-mail from David Cory II, but that’s not his real name. The II represents the rebirth of David Cory, who died in March during ‘Spies & Clowns”. It also stands for alienation which is a common theme in his music.
David has probably recorded over a hundred songs this past year. He’s lost a lot of them. He gave them to a lot of people on CD and a lot of people downloaded them when he used to share them on the internet, so they’re out there. Right now, he’s releasing the songs he recorded back in April as singles. “Hole In My Shoe” is the first, it’s about a girl he used to love…kind of a ‘can’t live with or without’ cliche type song. He also likes to make simple formulaic pop songs sometimes, you see so few of them anymore anyway it’s sad. The B-side to that single is “Flower Child” which is completely nonsensical, but David thinks it’s catchy. It’s about a hippie girl or something, he can’t decide if it’s pro or anti-idealism. David’s sarcasm can often be confusing.
His next single will be available for download on August 14th and it’s called “Words” and it’s a bit more of a rock song (”indie” rock, maybe post-punk). It’s about a guy with dueling personalities, one wants to follow his dreams out of a sense of duty to himself, the other is always trying to belittle him, its sung from the formers perspective.
If you were making a mix for our readers, what would be the first three songs you’d select?
“Wig Wam Bam” by The Sweet
“Saturday Night” by The Bay City Rollers
“Sweet Dream” by Atom Tan
Name any musical influence(s)?
Brian Eno and Brian Wilson are two big ones. They completely changed the way I look at music production.
What new music are you currently listening to?
I’m really into that band Dead Heart Bloom, I have had some correspondence with the singer/songwriter and he’s quite nice. His song “Chelsea Song 2″ is hands down the best song I’ve heard this year, maybe in the past five years. I like the new Devendra Banhart song on his myspace. The new Tegan and Sara single is fantastic. I was a bit disappointed with the new White Stripes LP. Toy Band from Cincinnati is great.
Name a band (current or defunct) that would be your dream act to open for on a major tour?
I would have loved to play for GG Allin’s audience!
Who, if anyone, would you like to collaborate with?
Eno, Jack White, I’d love to work with some of those bohemians out there in California.
Tell us something about you that we can’t find on Google.
I only own 10 CD’s. I was born in Little Rock Arkansas, grew up in New York City and New Jersey, have lived in florida, ohio, new york, spent the last three years in scranton, pennsylvania and currently live in Kentucky outside Cincinnati ohio. started playing music at 12 on guitar, started recording around the same time, on a kareoke machine I’d fashioned into a multitrack recorder. have done the bulk of my serious recording in the past three years, recording albums of folk, garage rock, glam rock, new wave, pop.. have played in a few bands notably the ultraviolet rays and the flavours of evil. i plan to record a new album sometime at the end of the year after a build a new studio. I have all the songs in my head and theyre amazing. if i can find a cheap microphone I might make a few albums of lofi folk in the meantime..
