Been a while, huh?
Well, i’m just writing to fill you guys in on some of the albums I’m listening to these days. Some of you might care (and if you read to the bottom I have a surprise for you) so… here goes:
My Epic – Yet
we did a listening party on My Epic’s debut (which a bunch of you guys loved) and I’m just as impressed, if not more impressed with Yet. It’s a little more aggressive at times than their first, but as in ME’s debut, so very thought provoking and beautiful. Pick it up here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/yet/id379436812
myspace: http://www.myspace.com/myepic
track to check: Patience and Silence
Behold The Brave – Lost In The Woods
Chattanooga’s own. This is the rock band to watch out for, if they can get their act together… for fans of Manchester Orchestra and As Cities Burn. Wait, tell you what, I wrote up a review on Amazon for this disc. Here it is: “I have been looking forward to this release for over a year now and it fully lives up to my expectations. When my favorite band, As Cities Burn, broke up I was a little wounded. I saw Behold The Brave live shortly thereafter and I found hope that I might just be okay in the post-ACB world. For fans of As Cities Burn, Manchester Orchestra… there are even some Circa Survive moments. They’ve got everything I’m looking for in a favorite band. A charismatic front man with vocals that make you sneer as your eyes swell with tears, driving guitars with beautiful licks and hooks and a smooth dirty southern tone, creative drumming perfect for steering-wheel drum-a-longs in the car, and bass lines that run up and down bringing the melodies and rhythm together without distracting the listener from the whole.
I didn’t do a song-for-song review, but an overall, “Thank God for Behold The Brave” review. I have their old EP, which I played til the CD gave up, and I can already tell after only a few listens that Lost In The Woods will find a loving home here with me.”
Long? yeah. great CD though. buy it here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/lost-in-the-woods/id378668825
myspace: http://www.myspace.com/beholdthebrave
track to check: Hungry People
Local Natives – Gorilla Manor
This is a hard album to pin down. in my opinion every track has its own sound. Its just as sweet as it is rocky. Dirty but well produced… great melodies and guitar tones. Toe tapping rhythms… i can’t get away from this album. Check it out.
get it here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/gorilla-manor/id352418533
myspace: http://www.myspace.com/localnatives
track to check: Sun Hands (again, hard to choose one…)
Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Touted by just about everyone to be best album of 2009, and for good reason. Its just great. I didn’t want to be a band-wagoner but I gave it a shot and I love it. Find out why this album is the best album of 2009 here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/wolfgang-amadeus-phoenix/id315002203
myspace: http://www.myspace.com/wearephoenix
track to check: Lisztomania (or the very short, Love Like A Sunset Pt. II)
Underoath – TBA
moving forward without long-time drummer and vocalist Aaron Gillespie, UO wrote and recorded a new album recently that is due out sometime in October… be ready. This should be interesting… keep updated here: http://www.myspace.com/underoath
Circa Survive – Blue Sky Noise
i love Anthony Green. i loved Saosin. i love Circa Survive. I’m biased. BUT this new Circa Survive album is so so so good. I think it is by far their most accessible album for the casual music listener. it rocks, through and through and has the couple ballad-y songs in there for teenaged mix tapes. Just go get it. Thank me later: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/blue-sky-noise/id363149204
myspace: http://www.myspace.com/circasurvive
track to check: Get Out
Mumford & Sons – Mumford & Sons, Laura Marling and Dharohar Project
what do you get when you cross the best band alive with an amazing female English folk artist, and a crew of Indian musicians? Yeah… M&S’s latest project. Just as beautiful as ever.
get it here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mumford-Laura-Marling-Dharohar-Project/dp/B003VXYK9K
myspace: http://www.myspace.com/mumfordandsons
track to check: To Darkness
those are just a few… i’ll have more soon I’m sure… let me know what you think…
-Daniel
