At the core of Los Angeles, Calif. indie pop combo Bodies of Water is David Metcalf, Meredith Metcalf, Jessica Conklin, and Kyle Gladdin. These are the members who fit in a tiny Toyota RV, but the band’s numbers swell when they add a horn section or other instruments. Ears Will Pop & Eyes Will Blink, the band’s debut, is a celebration of outsized pop — they sound like a chorus, or a choir, or at least an indie rock band who can really fucking sing. Secretly Canadian recently picked the record up for distribution. Here, David Metcalf gives us a look into the Bodies of Water universe. — Thomas Rooker White

Favorite music venue/city…
My favorite show of our last tour was at a place called the Silent Barn in Brooklyn. We were allowed to sleep there after we played, which really endears them to me.

Random iTunes top 10…
I just clicked on the party shuffle button in my iTunes and these are the first ten songs that came up:
“Morena Boca de Ouro,” Joao Gilberto
“The Fox in the Snow,” Belle & Sebastian
“Trouble in Mind,” Nina Simone
“What the World Needs Now is Love,” Burt Bacharach
“A Coisa Mais Linda que Existe,” Gilberto Gil
“Disko,” Komeda
“I Let My Mind Wander,” Willie Nelson
“C’est L’amour,” Edith Piaf
“Give Me the Cure,” Fugazi
“I Get Lonesome,” Beck

Record that changed your life…
Bodies of Water, Ears Will Pop and Eyes Will Blink

Best band from your city (besides yourself)…
No Little Kindness

CMJ or SXSW?
None of us have ever been to CMJ, only to SXSW once. We enjoyed it. My answer is SXSW.

Movies in your Netflix queue…
Mr. and Mrs. Smith, MASH (1970), The General (Buster Keaton, 1927), 21 Grams, Inland Empire. (I’m excited to see this last one; some people have told me it’s horrible and some people have said it’s brilliant. it may get bumped up to the top of the queue.)

Favorite place for new threads…
Pasadena Goodwill on the corner of Foothill and Altadena.

Favorite board game…
Axis and Allies

Weirdest MySpace comment or message…
A lot of people have posted comments about some sort of Macy’s gift card giveaway. I haven’t yet availed myself of this opportunity, but it is exciting that so many people are pulling together to tell their friends about it. its a real grassroots campaign to get the word on these gift cards out.

Guiltiest Pleasure - thing you watch, read, listen to - that no one knows about…
Financial analysis websites (cnnmoney.com, fortune, thestreet, morningstar)

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