There’s an high-level yellow alert in the indie-rock world. Brooklyn Vegan is on emergency level watch. Adnoidal indie-rockers Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! might be breaking up according to reports.
C’est la vie we say, but does this mean that their songs in the upcoming washed-up magician film, “The Great Buck Howard” starring Colin Hanks, John Malkovich, Emily Blunt and Tom Hanks are their last and newest?
Early reports said that CYHSY were scoring the film, but that chore was actually tasked to Blake Neely (it’s not the greatest score to say the least, but you can hear some of it here), but the Brooklyn quintet did write two new songs for the film, “Going Away” and “Telling The Truth and Going Away.” The band is featured twice prominently; once in a bar scene and once in the closing credits.
Far from fantastic, ‘Buck Howard’ comes out in theaters March 20, and frankly it’s very lackluster – we called it, “dull, flat and uninspired” when we saw it at the Woodstock Film Festival last year. Nevertheless, in case you’re morbidly curious, or are a glutton for punishment and want to see the film (best of luck), here’s the music featured in the film.
The music in “The Great Buck Howard.”
“What the World Needs Now” – Written by Hal David & Burt Bachrach, Performed by John Malkovich
“Going Away” – Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
“Do You Believe In Magic” – Performed by Debra Monk
“Magic Carpet Ride” – Steppenwolf
“Evening Roundup” – Chuck Kentis
“Pump It Up” – Elvis Costello
“Telling The Truth and Going Away” – Clap Your Hands Say Yeah