On your EP, "Waiting for the Kill" and "Devil's Calling" definitely have it. Getting into the new album, Taller Children, I've noticed that a good girl/bad girl theme seems to pop up in your music. It was this girl holding a slingshot, slyly looking at some paper cranes in the sky and searching for mischief.Įlizabeth & the Catapult / Photo by Peter M. With "catapult," we just figured that there are so many jokes that can come from it, such as "we want to catapult ourselves into your iPod" or "we want to catapult ourselves into the world." (laughs) At the end of the day, our EP cover was exactly what I imagined when I thought of that word. Everything we thought was really clever or cool was unavailable. I do recall that we came up with all of these band names that were already taken. Can you remember any of the rejected band names you came up with?
You've said that the name for your band was based on the fact that you wanted something whimsical, like James and the Giant Peach. Yeah, something like that! I was like, "Man, you've got some nice recording gear. Given that the two of you are a couple now, was making music together a great way to flirt? We really just rushed into it and then everything else flowed after that. He wasn't playing drums yet he was the engineer/producer. What was your first song? Was it one from your self-titled EP?Įlizabeth Ziman: I think the first song we recorded together was "Waiting for the Kill." Our EP was our first endeavor together before anything else. LAist: I read somewhere that you met Danny Molad at a party and the two of you started recording immediately. Over the course of her conversation with LAist, Ziman opened up about the band's name, flirting via the songwriting process, and tonight's gig at the Hotel Cafe. In typical Elizabeth & the Catapult style, the band has thrown off the restrictions of genre and created a full-length debut that both cleanses the palate and serves up a satisfying meal. In the end, her good humor prevailed and she commented, "Well, maybe this means I'll become one of the X-Men!"For the time being, Ziman and her bandmates Danny Molad (drums) and Peter Lalish (guitar) have left the pink goo behind to tour in support of their forthcoming album, Taller Children. A few seconds later, she noticed she was surrounded by pink goo as a result of illegal dumping-courtesy of a chemical plant across the road. As she sat outside her practice studio, she declared it to be one of the most beautiful days of the year. Julian, darling, brooklyn is starving Hungry, just like you The houses are winning, the table is spinning Strains of 'darling, be home soon' The hudson is rising, advertising But you won't listenTwo years ago, Elizabeth Ziman of the Brooklyn-based band Elizabeth & the Catapult revealed in the song "Waiting for the Kill" that she's "just a good good girl with a troubled mind." During her call with LAist last Friday, those words still rang true. 'cause all we need is just a compass and a pen Map it out and let the arrows guide you in 'cause in the end we're all directionless When north is south and east is west And every step we conquer less When north is south and east is west All we have are the people we call friends Robrins and starlings sing for their darling But you won't listen. Julian darling, the children are quarreling And it's all over you Out on the doorstep 21 girls scouts selling cookies to that tune. We all just wanna get through Before the setting moon. Julian, darling, telephone's ringing But you won't listen. Julian, darling, sirens are singing Begging you to come and play. Julian, darling, brooklyn is calling Calling out your name.
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