The Nude Party - "Honey for the Barflies"

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Photo by Clark Hodgin

For their latest single, The Nude Party are mixing up the alt-country genre. "Honey for the Barflies" has all of the twang and honkey tonk sound you'd expect from an alt-country song. It's a rollicking and fun song, made even more so by the keyboards that sound more like something from The Cars or Elvis Costello & The Attractions than your favorite country musicians. I personally expect a song called "Honey for the Barflies" to be a lot of fun, and The Nude Party deliver than in excess. This is a dancing song, and it's basically impossible to sit or stand still while this one is playing.

Patton McGee says of his band's latest single:

"A bartender friend of mine was describing the older gentlemen who come into the bar day after day looking to talk to her. She had become exasperated by the constant attention and blurted out 'I just feel like honey for barflies. I thought that was a clever little phrase and started brewing on the idea–taking it from the perspective of a regular who sees himself as somehow separate from the other regulars (as we all naturally do).”

You can listen to "Honey for the Barflies" below. Look Who's Back is due out February 13, and is available to pre-order here. For more on The Nude Party, check out the band's website. Upcoming tour dates are below the song and include April 23 at Brighton Music Hall.


03/05 - Union Stage - Washington DC

03/06 - Cat's Cradle - Raleigh, NC

03/07 - Pour House - Charleston, SC

03/09 - The Masquerade (Hell) - Atlanta, GA

03/10 - Chickie Wah Wah - New Orleans, LA

03/12 - Lonesome Rose - San Antonio, TX

03/13 - Scoot Inn - Austin, TX

03/14 - Tulips - Dallas, TX

03/16 - Crescent Ballroom - Phoenix, AZ

03/17 - Belly Up - San Diego, CA

03/18 - Lodge Room - Los Angeles, CA

03/20 - Pappy & Harriett's - Pioneertown, CA

03/21 - SLO Brew - San Luis Obispo, CA

03/22 - The Independent - San Francisco, CA

03/24 - Holocene - Portland, OR

03/25 - Neumos - Seattle, WA

03/27 - Treefort Music Fest - Boise, ID

03/28 - State Room - Salt Lake City, UT

04/09 - Belly Up - Aspen, CO

04/10 - Bluebird Theater - Denver, CO

04/11 - Fox Theatre - Boulder, CO

04/13 - Turf Club - St. Paul, MN

04/14 - High Noon Saloon - Madison, WI

04/16 - Lincoln Hall - Chicago, IL

04/17 - Hi-Fi Annex - Indianapolis, IN

04/18 - El Club - Detroit, MI

04/20 - Bearsville Theater - Woodstock, NY

04/21 - Higher Ground Showcase Lounge - Burlington, VT

04/23 - Brighton Music Hall - Boston, MA

04/24 - TV Eye - New York, NY

04/25 - TV Eye - New York, NY

04/27 - Underground Arts - Philadelphia, PA

04/30 - Zanzabar - Louisville, KY

05/01 - Basement East - Nashville, TN

05/02 - Grey Eagle - Asheville, NC

05/03 - Neighborhood Theatre - Charlotte, NC

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