Old Light

Portland, Oregon

Despite what the laundry detergent ads have been telling us, the future’s going to be dirty. No matter how much time we spend in front of the little clean, white geometric figures of the wuh wuh wuh, that white glow won’t rub off. All still rises from and resolves into dirt. Or at least petroleum. But Old Light’s people don’t share the dirt disdain. They’ve got grass stains on knees and asses, splinters in the fingers, and soil under their nails. John Dwyer from Thee Oh Sees said, “It’s like Crosby Stills and Nash if they didn’t suck!”