A friend asked me today what I was listening to, so here’s my answer. Well, part of my answer, a complete response would take too long and cut into my music appreciation time.
This is a Glaswegian band I might have heard about from the Frightened Rabbits twitter feed but I can’t be bothered to check. They’re indie rock but I hear almost a combination of prog rock and electronica, maybe a throwback to synthesized 80s anthems but not in a cheesy way at all. Their latest album “The Wants” just came out and I’m having a hard time listening to much else at the moment. If I could make out with an album, I would be applying the chapstick now.
I mentioned this band a month or so ago, and in the meantime they put out an EP which I can’t buy, not even online, because I live in the foreign country of Canada, so far away from Washington State where the band resides; but I can’t pirate their music either because nobody really knows about them yet. The lead singer, John Van Deusen, is somewhat of a musical prodigy, and probably isn’t old enough to drink, even. As for the selection below, I like the idea of a self-referential song that tells you to stop playing it and get a life, but in a non-insulting way.
Dark Dark Horse is this solo project that most of the internet hasn’t heard of either, and I don’t even know if you can get the album anywhere, but that’s not my fault. It’s definitely pop/electronica like The Postal Service or Halloween Alaska and has a nice groove to it.
I’ve barely unpacked yet, but there’s beer in the fridge and I blogged. Obviously I have my priorities sorted out.