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November 22, 2005
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A mix for Thanksgiving- songs that I love, but which I'm either unable or unwilling (more the former) to write anything substantive about, for whatever reason.
Broken Social Scene - New Country (live on KVRX)
Didn't end up on the new album, as many had speculated, but this song still shows off the band at their best. Standard thick + pretty BSS arrangements work out as K. Drew and Feist (I think it's those two singing) trade some lines back and forth, with Feist singing (carefully, gently), "well I know I should be going/but I always end up miles away/just keep in mind/if you hold it tight/I'll stay", which prefaces a tight little knot of guitars and drums at the tail end of the track. With any luck, the band'll release this on the next "Bee Hives" collection.
Call me out for having soft ears, but Black Dice's squish-bubble lullaby/buzz-jam 'Wastered' outdoes Animal Collective's wind chime walk to grandmother's house 'Wastered' in every way. Not that I don't dig the AC half, it's just that it's not often that Black Dice jams on such a song-oriented structure as this. Physically unavailable now (Black Dice just recently sold out the last of their share of the vinyl on this tour), you might be able to find the "Wastered" single on Gemm or Ebay, maybe.
Bark Psychosis - From What Is Said to When It's Read
All this band does is make ruthlessly gorgeous music. This is the lead-off track from "Codename:Dustsucker", the band's 2004 return to album-making. Bark Psychosis generally write and release music that's difficult to describe (viz. Reynolds' invention of the term 'post-rock' to talk about their songs), and 'From What Is Said to When It's Read' is no different (it sounds like an unexpected snowstorm, that's all I'll say). This is an album you should definitely own.
This is Dagan from Despistado's new band. 'F2' is a demo they put up a while ago, and it's a solid little indie rock song. Not quite as imaginative or energetic as Despistado's music, it's actually surprisingly poppy. Something about it makes me think of Pavement. Good, even if it is a little too standard.
Yancey posted this one a while back, and I have slowly become addicted to it. Notable for the ridiculously great lyric, "and gee that cocaine tree look fine". This song sounds like someone walking around a freshly mown backyard with irregular pianos strapped to their feet, bumping into a party of croquet players. Very good. From the album of the same name.
Panda Bear - Comfy In Nautica (link to listen to it on WFMU)
From the forthcoming single on UUAR, 'Comfy In Nautica' is Panda Bear's attempt to record the equivalent of Disco Inferno (circa "Technicolour") covering the Beach Boys' 'Our Prayer/Gee'; no but really Noah and his samplers lay down the confetti-ridden joy-march of the year on this one. "You try to remember always/always to have a good time", Noah's vocals are huge and airy, he is confident that this song will make you happy (and it will).
Posted by Kevin at November 22, 2005 11:49 AM