Gorgeous new song by DC's Beauty Pill

Gareth Branwyn 5:18 am Fri May 8, 2020

I am obsessed with this new track and cool video from DC's severely underappreciated punky art rock band, Beauty Pill.

The song, called "The Damnedest Thing," is from their forthcoming record, Please Advise. As the simple and unique "textfilm" video points out, the track was inspired by a profile of photographer William Eggleston that Pill's Chad Clark read in The New York Times.

I can't wait to hear the rest of Please Advise which is out today, May 8th, on Northern Spy Records.

Image: Album Cover

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