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January 29, 2008

New Chris Walla Video - "Sing Again"

It's a good time for Walla appreciation these days -- a noteworthy Radiohead cover for OKX, great work on the awesome Tegan & Sara's LP, excitement over the forthcoming Death Cab record. It's no wonder so many cool people want to be like him. Or, as the nice-guy indie pop "Sing Again" video shows ... want to actually be him. There's only one Chris and a bunch of people you know from other places masquerading as him, here. We'll let you have your fun IDing them in today's installment of everybody's favorite Pacific Northwest indie rock game, Where's Walla:

Get MP3 here. Field Manual is out via Barsuk.

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Hank is the cutest baby on this whole damn planet.

Posted by: Alicia at 01/29/08 10:06 AM  | Reply
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john roderick really needs to get that tooth replaced.

Posted by: liz at 01/29/08 10:51 AM  | Reply
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Great video with awesome cameos! So far I've seen three Decemberists, J-rod, Brent from Menomena, Carson and little Hank Meloy...whom I might add is the cutest kid ever!

Posted by: evie at 01/29/08 11:07 AM  | Reply
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3 decemberists, a ben gibbard, and a jeff tweedy child and a ben folds.

Posted by: Meredith at 01/29/08 11:28 AM  | Reply
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No one mentions the ex-Decemberist in the video!

Posted by: ANON at 01/29/08 11:43 AM  | Reply
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i swear i saw david spade

Posted by: keaton at 01/29/08 11:47 AM  | Reply
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Ive got a good feeling that this was filmed in Portland.

Posted by: NickG at 01/29/08 11:50 AM  | Reply
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I think i saw either Tegan or Sara (maybe both?)

Posted by: Ryan Wasoba at 01/29/08 12:23 PM  | Reply
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Was that a Sarah Vowell?

Posted by: LMS at 01/29/08 1:23 PM  | Reply
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i sawed frank stallone and db cooper!

Posted by: george at 01/29/08 1:40 PM  | Reply
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portland. fo. sho.

Posted by: sloppyvaghands at 01/29/08 1:59 PM  | Reply
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Did I see a Thermal?

Posted by: I spy with my little eye at 01/29/08 2:21 PM  | Reply
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i didn't see sarah vowell and/or any tweedy children.

Posted by: liz at 01/29/08 2:49 PM  | Reply
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Please watch a high quality quicktime of the thing instead, that youtube version got compressed really badly.

http://tinyurl.com/33sl4o

We shot in Portland and Seattle, it was shot two days before xmas and the day after so we could get everyone in the NW corridor in the extended family.

Posted by: A S A at 01/29/08 2:52 PM  | Reply
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Waldo..I definitely saw Waldo.

Posted by: Michael Quirk at 01/29/08 3:14 PM  | Reply
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also i believe jimmy hoffa was in the background once.

Posted by: M at 01/29/08 5:01 PM  | Reply
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ahhh that vocal harmony sound in the bridge is awesome.

Posted by: alex at 01/29/08 7:28 PM  | Reply
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i dont wanna be chris (despite the fact that what ive heard of the album so far is quite good) but i do wanna be jenny conlee :)

Posted by: annie onymous at 01/29/08 7:45 PM  | Reply
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why are they dressed zissou's , like in the life aquatic ?

Posted by: zoe at 01/30/08 6:20 PM  | Reply
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I think I can hear Mr. Meloy singing the harmony at one point.

Posted by: Abby at 01/30/08 8:18 PM  | Reply
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You're wrong. Everything you hear is Walla except the drums.

Posted by: ako at 01/31/08 9:21 PM  | Reply
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Definitely shot in Portland, definitely shot in Portland...

Posted by: DT Coooper at 02/02/08 4:31 AM  | Reply
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Hey there! Great post.
http://msbands.com/bush-is-giving-us-600-dollars-what-should-you-buy/
I saw that Chris Walla was actually featured on some of the up and coming artists.
This video is great and all, but his former bands seemed to have had more passion. I don't see all the hype.

Posted by: Michael at 02/04/08 12:37 PM  | Reply
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Ahaha he is soooo cute. Is his album officially out yet?

Posted by: Junior profile link at 08/20/09 1:43 AM  | Reply
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