No Rest For The Wicked
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| New Pickups |
| Just picked up the physical versions of the new Gorillaz, Beach House, and Yeasayer albums. Looking forward to digging into those. | |
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| First Impressions: The Morning Of |
While The World As We Know It was a solid collection of pop songs, some complained (justifiably so) that the overall tone of the record was a little too Disney-ish. Well folks, The Morning Of have grown up. The Way I Fell In is a pitch-perfect suite of gorgeous, engaging, mature, and masterfully crafted tunes. Justin and Jessica's vocals have never sounded better, and Jim Wirt did an absolutely killer job producing the record. Early favorites are "The Ones That Fall Apart", "The Time It Takes To Grow" the Jessica-only "I Know You Know", "Bring Me Home", and "Heaven or Hell (feat. Aaron Marsh)" but really, the entire album is devoid of filler.
I would be extremely surprised if this band did not have a huge breakout of a year. This album should take them places, for sure. I'd highly recommend preordering it if you are digging the new stuff. | | Tags: the morning of, first impressions |
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| Impressions: Saosin - In Search of Solid Ground |
Can't really call this "first impressions" since I have been listening to Saosin's In Search of Solid Ground for some time now. I have been hoping it would click after a few listens, but no such luck. The record is just, well...boring.
These guys have gone from being one of the most promising bands in the scene to being an above-average radio-rock group. Sadly seems like the sophomore slump hit Saosin pretty hard.
PS - where the hell is Saosin hiding Alex Rodriguez on this record? Where is the killer drumming from S/T on most of the tracks? Dude has to be the most under-utilized drummer ever on this album. | | Tags: first impressions, saosin |
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| Oh Hai, Saosin |
| Just got the new Saosin album...really looking forward to digging into this. Will post impressions soon. | | Tags: saosin |
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| 10k |
| This silly little blog has now been viewed over 10,000 times. Crazy....maybe I should continue to blog here and there. | | Tags: blog, random thought |
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| Who To See at Warped? |
So I am going to Warped this week, really just to finally see Therefore I Am. But since I am going to be there all day, any recommendations on bands I should check out?
I will probably check out Brokencyde and Millionaires just to see what sort of rejects actually listen to that kind of garbage. Must remember to bring ear plugs. | | Tags: warped tour, therefore i am, brokencyde, millionaires |
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| First Impressions: Sleeping at Last - Storyboards |
Just starting to dig into this one, and it is absolutely, completely gorgeous. Easily the prettiest record that has been or will be released this year, no doubt. It is pretty stripped down, even compared to Keep No Score, but the instrumentation is applied perfectly. Jeremy Larson's contribution is really apparent on a lot of tracks, as well. The thing that struck me right away is how mindblowingly awesome Ryan O'Neal's voice is...easily one of the best vocalists out there right now. This is likely going to be a Top 3 or 5 record for sure.
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