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Perfect People

by Crown Plaza

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“Perfect People” is the latest single from the dream-pop quartet’s debut album, which arrives in early 2019. The sprite but melancholic guitar track casts a wary eye on those who seem to have it all — including “baking powder in your noses” — with the boy/girl vocals from Kazerouni and Gaillard waxing nostalgic about how places can change. “This song is about facades,” Kazerouni says. “We all have our secrets and elements that we are hiding from the public eye. It’s about my hometown and how it continues to change … ultimately, for the worse.”

The hometown in question is idyllic Manhattan Beach, where Kazerouni attended school as a “permit kid,” commuting from across town. “Since the very beginning, it was a hard to relate to what appeared to be perfect families compared to my own dysfunctional family,” he explains. “As time trudged on however, I experienced first-hand that appearances are deceiving. That being said, I very much embraced the pockets of charm this beach town had to offer. Fast forward some 15 years, I’ve seen this town piece by piece get recycled by the richer and prettier, and today it’s pretty much spiraled out of control. This place is now for the ultra-ultra millionaires. I can only imagine the dark the secrets some these ‘perfect people’ must be hiding.” ---Buzzbands

lyrics

Perfect People In Your Houses
Don't You Ever Go Outside
Baking Powder In Your Noses
Don't Be Scared You Can't Get Too Hi

Whenever I Come Back Here
These Feelings Creep Up And They Love To Linger On
There Once Was A Building There And Now It's Gone
And I Can't Remember What It Was
I Guess I Am Free But It Hurts Me ...

Perfect People In Your Houses
Set Your Life So You Can Die
With Respect And Loyal Faces
Don't Be Scared Now You Can Die...

Cuz Whenever I Come Back Here
These Feelings Creep Up And They Love To Linger On
I Don't Have A Home Anymore
And Now I Go On Floating Searching Like A Ghost
I Guess I Am Free But It Hurts Me ...

Cuz Whenever I Come Back Here
These Feelings Creep Up And They Love To Linger On
I Don't Have A Home Anymore
And Now I Go On Floating Searching Like A Ghost
I Guess I Am Free But It Hurts Me ...

credits

released January 11, 2019
Vocals And Guitar - Nima Kazerouni
Vocals and Drums - Christina Galliard
Bass - Tomemitsu
Guitar - James Roehl

Recorded and Produced in Echo Park by Scott Barber

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"Nima Kazerouni launched Crown Plaza back in the halcyon days of 2012, fresh off a breakup that led to his living, temporarily, in a space near LAX with a view of the Crowne Plaza hotel. He called it “airport-inspired electronic breakup music” back then; the music has since evolved into breezy and often melancholy psych-pop — dream-pop for solitary afternoons at the beach.." ... more

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