Birthday parties rarely live up to their promise (and as someone born on Christmas Day, they rarely exist at all). For Amy & the Engine, the Boston-based indie-pop project that’s been adding a bit of vintage sensuality and tenderness to the city’s rock and roll scene, a poorly attended birthday party can serve as a metaphor for the hype and letdown of love and relationships.
Yesterday, Amy & the Engine released their new video for “Love Me,” a prom-season track that falls somewhere between the Cardigans and those early indie-pop-tinged Class Actress songs, with a bit of ’50s and ’60s girl-group vocal acumen mixed in, and it shows songwriter and vocalist Amy Allen going through the usual ups and downs of expectation versus reality. Of course, it’s nothing that can’t be fixed by a carefree hang session with friends near the Charles with a bunch of sparklers and smiles.
Watch the “Love Me” video below.
Also featured on yesterday’s Keep Safe Boston compilation to raise awareness for domestic violence, “Love Me” is the band’s third single and serves as a preview of their upcoming six-track EP and a summer tour across New England. This Sunday, Amy & the Engine play Maine’s Old Port Festival alongside the Veronicas, Rachel Platten, Ryn Weaver and others.
And that’s a party that should be well attended.