Lip Service by Drugdealer
If the pandemic resembled a lost weekend full of messy midnight jams, the unsung LA songwriter Scott Archdale was Michael Collins' natural counterpart. The two friends spent countless nights writing and singing songs when there wasn't much else to do. "Lip Service," the brilliant new single from Drugdealer, was written by Collins and Archdale as "normal life" resumed, the night before Drugdealer set out on its first post-shutdown tour.
As they had so many nights before, the duo sat down at Collins' studio off Sunset in Echo Park without much of a plan. That night, "Lip Service" flowed out with a giddy urgency, recalling Lowe and Costello at their most threadbare. The song's unnamed object of desire could be a new friend, a love interest, or, simply, the chance to roam free once again.
