Phillips van was born in a desolate corporate parking lot next to a bunch of big box stores and chains. Alex had an inkling of a beat in his head but we didn't have any rehearsals coming up. It was two HOT July days in a row in this parking lot with almost nobody in the audience, but somehow we were all merry anyway. Over the course of the two gigs we experimented with Alex's beat and Phillip's Van was born. I was thinking a lot about fashion a lot at the time and I wanted to express how fashion doesn't just have to be about corporateness and consumerism, but it can be about celebration, art, beauty, feeling your finest, and sharing your finest self with the world. The words really hit for me later in the summer when we were playing a beautiful Vermont wedding, and everyone was there, all ages, all dressed up and dancing together. The drawing is my visual rendition of Phillip's Van.
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Kalmia + Rubblebucket
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