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AUDIO: The Beat Index – “Volume Two: Thank You For Your Patience”

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Retro-futurist music project The Beat Index released album number two this week. Inspired by answering machines and perpetually getting placed on hold, the music here reflects the smooth sounds of the 70’s with elements of funk, disco, soft rock and early electronica. Fittingly with the concept, Harrison Colby’s lyrics revolve around yearning, waiting and having all the time in the

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VIDEO: The Beat Index – “Feels Like a Lifetime”

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Harrison Colby’s retro-futurist music project The Beat Index has a video out ahead of new album “Volume Two: Thank You For Your Patience.” Directed by Grant Olans (with nature shots by Joji Otani-Hansen), it’s shot on 16mm film and opens with colorful old-school title graphics. Two lovers (Taylor Kowalski and Jessica Belkin) are found trying to call each other on

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AUDIO: The Beat Index – “Caught in A Lie”

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Retro-futurist music project The Beat Index has the first single out from upcoming album “Volume Two: Thank You For Your Patience” themed around telephone hold music. This song’s got a soft 70’s rock feel; it’s bright, sunny, and hazy and containing imagery of a frolicking young couple in the summertime. There’s four different versions of the track here; the original,

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ARTIST SPOTLIGHTS: The Beat Index, Future Plans

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Garage rockers Future Plans played alongside a solo set from Harrison Colby at Circle A Saturday night. Colby’s band Chit Chat was supposed to play but could not due to a sick band member. Colby instead played a set consisting of Chit Chat songs, The Beat Index songs, and a Suicide-Rexxx double cover (he plays rhythm guitar for Rexxx). The

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