gently drifting on the ocean, it’s beautiful and you’d like to take a dip, but then there are storms & whales & and other disasters coming from indeterminate points, and even though you’d like to know the origins, they’re irrelevant because the damage is already done, your boat’s been eaten by the sea, and as you wade out there alone, stranded, and desperate, you realize that - although shit’s terrible and things look grim - in the end, everything will be alright.
So this is a really cool album from Norweigan post-rockers The Low Frequency in Stereo. I must quote The Silent Ballet here, since these few sentences made me immediately want this album: “Imagine if you will Thurston Moore (of Sonic Youth fame). Now pretend that he formed a supergroup with members of Yo La Tengo and Stereolab. Now take that a step further and pretend that said supergroup smoked up, listened to whatever random handful of LPs they could find (including Canterbury-scene prog leaders Egg and perhaps a psych great like Can), and then created a sort of musical bastard god-child out of that unseemly brew.” That’s a high bar to set, but TLFIS definitely reaches it. I can’t stop listening to this album- be forewarned as to its addictiveness. Also, they have a song called “Geordie LaForge,” which can only be a good thing.
really sweet&joyous indie pop from finland, again. horns ‘n shit, they’ll prop that mood up, cuz sometimes you need crutches. i would describe it as if junior senior got rid of the funk, replaced it with a small orchestra and had just gotten off a binge of deep, meaningful flicks, and then maybe wanted to compose a soundtrack for a pretty indie movie. some tracks are a little sappy for me, and at times it can get crazyee and kaotic…but overall itll stop you from grumpin’, or at least somewhat alleviate a hard grump. U KNOW WHAT IM TALKIN ABOUT.
they really know how to do it over there in finland.
AWESUM. I’ve had this album sitting in my iTunez for awhile now and I only just got around to listening to it and it’s soooo peaches // instant fav. alex…if that negalame april foolz joke is bringing you down, listen to this, srsly. it’s so sweet and unabashedly loving/joyous it’ll cheer anyone ^u^p^. tweeting (not 2.0, but the pre-net meaning) synths and bouncy beats…sounds like summer.
Fav track: Better Things (but they’re all really good)
btw this album was originally intended as a valentine’s gift for the singer’s girlfriend which makes it even more <3.
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AWESOME. Got ivory pluckin’ strings jangling along, like the early 19th-century. A smokey bar, the man in the corner hammering on the keys, sirens cause the sky’s coming down on us. It’s music in black and white, like the way old movies are in black and white…classy and organic.
PS I was listening on a train and I thought all those gloomy folks started singing along. but no, they weren’t (just goin’ crayzee)
This is Sweden’s The Sound of Arrows’ first EP (lotsa good music coming from that peninsula lately). I went in expecting some kind of electronic duo project thing (dunno why) and I was most pleasantly surprised! It’s more of that Swedish/indie pop I’m bingeing on again. It’s really pretty and big-sounding (ANTHEMIC!!) stuff. Only a few original tracks and the rest are remixes of the title track (most of which are pretty good, btw). It’s short so do yourself a favor and give it a listen. OR YOU’LL BE IN DANGER!
Never has an album’s content matched its title so well. If you dreamt beautiful dreams, and if those dreams got turned into a movie, and if that movie needed a really appropriate and good soundtrack, THIS WOULD BE IT! And if you don’t dream beautiful dreams, THIS WILL HELP YOU DO IT! I picked up a bit of a Death Cab for Cutie vibe (I’ve never really listened to DCC tho // I think it’s the guy’s voice…reminds me of B. Gibbs). It’s powerful and pretty and uplifting…very anthemic. In some parts it can get a little musical-y. Got night terrors? I hope not, but if you do, here’s treatment! Close yr eyes….& dream happy dreams (srsly, download this).
(btw sunbears are sweet:
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