The Cocker Spaniels is the brainchild of musical wunderkind Sean Padilla, a multi-faceted songwriter with a knack for killer hooks, weird chord changes, abrupt rhythmic shifts, and perceptive lyrics that cut right to the heart of us all.
The Austin-via-Brooklyn-based Padilla brings it all together with a wide-eyed experimental edge and a wonderfully skewed pop sensibility. It's that tug of war between these two extremes that gives violent, delicious birth to the Cocker Spaniels sound.
“Manhattan Skyline” is just one of many standout tracks from 2004’s Withstand The Whatnot, the 7th release under the Cocker Spaniels moniker. Describing in vivid detail how the events of 9/11 affected Padilla as a New York expatriate, “Manhattan Skyline” acts as both a love letter to the Big Apple and a farewell to the city so many native New Yorkers (myself included) once knew. The personability and ease with which Padilla describes the domino effect of the attacks make it all the more resonant with that irresistible hook in the chorus. September 11th may have signaled the end of an era and the dawning of a frightening new one, but at least it precipitated one hell of a great pop song.
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Manhattan Skyline (from Withstand The Whatnot)
The Only Black Guy At The Indie Rock Show (from Withstand The Whatnot
Finals Season (from Withstand The Whatnot)
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