Song of the Week: “Rooks”
The SotW is “Rooks” by Shearwater. I first heard of Shearwater only a few weeks ago. My first impression of their music is melancholy vocals and tension-filled melodies that often seem on the precipice of an operatic explosion but never get there. Check the sidebar for the download link.
In other music news, Ratatat came out with a new album, LP3. I haven’t taken the time to figure out why I like it, but it’s their best album so far in my opinion. No song in particular sticks out, like “Wildcat” on Classics did for me, but I’ve enjoyed listening to the whole album a little more than their past two.
I’ve only heard one track from Sigur Ros’ new album, the #2 track, but I like it a lot. Sigur Ros drank the happy juice.
I’ve been thinking about cutting back on my EMusic music downloads, from 75 to 50 a month. I love EMusic, but I realized there is a ton of great music in my collection that I’ve forgotten about and haven’t listened to in months. I pre-paid for a year though, so I’m not sure that’s even an option.
Bonus song of the week! Andrew “I’m Not Andrew Bird” Lipke’s “The Barker Song“. (The Bird comparison is a stretch, but something about this song reminds me of Andrew Bird).
[F]oxymoron said,
July 14, 2008 @ 4:01 pm
Alright man, “Rooks” was melancholy and ominous. I pictured Powder running through gloomy NYC instead of an empty lightning-ridden field. That kind of melancholy and ominous.
The vocals in “The Barker Song”, until about 0:40, do remind me of Andrew Bird…