I may start using this blog again to write reviews and such… if I feel like it. I’m once again left with lots of time on my hands. However I now have a very limited internet connection. That said though, I have had a lot more time to spend listening to music etc so I may want to write about it again soon. On the other hand though, I no longer have the easiest access to music either (no, I don’t mean downloading, while I am at home the only place I have to buy music is well, erm XtraVision – yes really – or the internet, and it’s an awful lot of hassle). So we’ll see what happens…
Change of address
•July 19, 2009 • Leave a CommentSo I’ve decided to get myself a nice little tumblr blog. It just seems simpler, more to the point. Might stop me rambling on about nothing-ness. And encourage me to write things more often maybe? Hopefully.
Anyway I won’t go deleting this or anything. Who knows I might need it. And there are some old reviews and such I don’t want to delete anyway. So come join me over at my new home!
Passion Pit video
•July 17, 2009 • Leave a CommentSo this is “To Kingdom Come” then? I am thoroughly confused. (I think Stereogum is confused too) Anyway, whatever it’s called, it’s one of my favourite tracks from the album, Manners, and what an album it is. So listen to the song (I like the video) and don’t worry too much about what it’s called.
Visit Passion Pit’s myspace or the other thing.
Then do yourself a favour and buy Manners. You won’t regret it
Jenny Lewis – See Fernando
•July 9, 2009 • Leave a CommentRemember here I said Jenny Lewis had a new video? Well now she has an even BETTER video for an even BETTER song AND I can embed it here. Woo!
Again I’m too lazy for more composing so here are links copied from previous post about Jenny.
Acid Tongue is available now and is awesome. As is Rabbit Fur Coat. Buy Jenny’s music from the usual places or your own usual places please.
Florence and the Machine – Lungs
•July 4, 2009 • Leave a CommentAnother album I’ve been waiting for has finally been released, Florence and the Machine’s Lungs. A bit of mixed quality here but on the whole I think it’s pretty good!
Although I’ve been listening to this album pretty much constantly since I got my hands on it, I still wouldn’t say it’s perfect, though it’s not half bad. Although there are some fantastic tracks here I think my main problem is with the amount of old tracks used here. Even though I love her You’ve Got the Love cover, it feels as if it’s being used as filler. And even the old single, Kiss With a Fist seems a bit out of place here. I thought it was great when I first heard it but after later hearing some of Flo’s other music, e.g. the far superior Dog Days, I got a bit sick of it. To be honest I think the album could’ve done without it. A few more old tracks, My Boy Builds Coffins and Girl With One Eye crop up here too, although neither annoys me like KWAF.
That’s the ranty bit out of the way, now – there are some really brilliant tracks on here! The two singles, Dog Days and Rabbit Heart, are a great introduction to the best of what Lungs has to offer. One of the best tracks for me, and almost everyone else apparently, is Cosmic Love – you might know it as that song from the O2 Blueroom ad. Listening to this track kind of mirrors the live experience of the Machine; simple, beautiful and delicate at times, intricate, loud and intense at others, and always as genuine as possible. Flo really puts her heart into this. Other stand outs are Blinding and the fantastic Drumming.
On the whole it’s a really nice album, it shows exactly what miss Welch is capable of and the potential that’s there. I can’t help but feel a little disappointed with the inclusion of seemingly all the material she’s released before. It feels a bit like she’s scraping the bottom of the barrel (although for the most part it’s full of quality stuff). Perhaps all the hype surrounding her forced her to finish off an album as quickly as possible so she had to use what she already had? Either way, it’s clear from the progression from songs like Kiss With A Fist to some of the album’s better tracks, like Cosmic Love, that the quality is improving! While it might not be the best album of year it’s worth a listen and Florence is definitely one to keep an eye on for the future!
Visit the website or myspace.
Lungs is released in the UK on July 6th. You can pre-order it from here, here, here or wherever else you fancy.
