What You Missed || October 26, 2006

...Technically, we missed this too, as we were nowhere near the Festival Millefeuille in Paris this September. Josh Pearson, the ex-Lift to Experience lead singer, had been pub crawling and wasting away in East Dallas for a good while before quite suddenly zipping off to Berlin roughly one year ago to enter a contest for the world's greatest beards...seriously. (He lost, in case you're wondering.) His music reflects this kind of bizarre, misplaced passion, winning over diehard fans while in LtE with never-ending, post-apocalyptic shakedowns of Jeff Buckley, and it was all but confirmed that the new Berliner would never return to the stage (or Dallas).

While away, he finally resumed performing, giving hope to the impending release of his long-awaited Angels Vs. Devils solo album. Guess he needed some German prodding? At any rate, diehard Euro fans with a camera crew filmed his Millefeuille performance, so here's one of his brand new songs, "The Clash."



More can be found at Pearson's page; on there, the long list of fall tour dates is particularly encouraging for anyone wondering if the guy will ever actually get his album done (or at least become the subject of more impassioned, Euro YouTube moments). No dates set for the States, but since his schedule is clear after December 21, we'll be assholes and assume he's coming home for Christmas. Right, Josh? Come on. -SM