Only two songs this week, and they both begin with the same letter. Here they are:
"Darling" by Real Estate: A hypnotic, tantalizing swirl of psych-pop guitars and new wave synths grace the first minute and a half of this song without vocals. Once the vocals kick in, they sound halfway between sweet and dazed, fitting for this song. Not a whole lot here in the lyrical department, which is basically a love song with nature related images for its words, such as black and yellow finches, the sun, and the moon. The F, C, G pattern of the chords continues throughout this song too. The hazy, loopy, yet still melodic vibe of this song make me think that the "real estate" these guys bought was probably somewhere up in Santa Cruz, or maybe Haight-Ashbury!
"Devil's Teeth" by Muddy Magnolias: The eras this song goes for is basically any time but now! Soul, blues, bluegrass, and garage rock fuse into one genre for this song. No auto-tune, samples from other songs, or synthesizers to be found here. The spooky but fun title of this song makes it sound sorta blues-y, and that's pretty much exactly what you'll get when you hear this song! Come to think of it, the "Muddy" part of the band's moniker makes me think of legendary blues singer, Muddy Waters. I'm pretty sure that's not merely coincidence!
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Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Sorry folks - only two for this week
Well, I figured two was better than nothin'. So here goes:
"New Morning" by Alpha Rev: Nothing like a bittersweet, melancholy indie-pop/rock song to get me in the right kinda mood. And Alpha Rev delivers this well with their latest, "New Morning". This seems to evoke a sound similar to Radiohead (circa "The Bends"), Jeff Buckley, and Coldplay (back when they debuted in 2000 with "Parachutes"). It is a very earnest, winsome song, in such a way that although I don't know the lyrics well enough yet, it has already won me over!
"The Bringdown" by Bob Schneider: Not quite a "new" song, since it's been gaining airplay on the radio for a good two or so weeks now, but since I haven't reviewed it yet, I figured that now would be a good time to do so. It's a good song, but it pales deeply in comparison to Schneider's previous adult alt. radio hit, "40 Dogs (Like Romeo And Juliet)". Where "40 Dogs" was earnest, catchy, and lyrically clever, "The Bringdown" seems to live up to its title - it's more watered down. Like I said, it's not a bad song, but I'm pretty sure Schneider could do better than this.
"New Morning" by Alpha Rev: Nothing like a bittersweet, melancholy indie-pop/rock song to get me in the right kinda mood. And Alpha Rev delivers this well with their latest, "New Morning". This seems to evoke a sound similar to Radiohead (circa "The Bends"), Jeff Buckley, and Coldplay (back when they debuted in 2000 with "Parachutes"). It is a very earnest, winsome song, in such a way that although I don't know the lyrics well enough yet, it has already won me over!
"The Bringdown" by Bob Schneider: Not quite a "new" song, since it's been gaining airplay on the radio for a good two or so weeks now, but since I haven't reviewed it yet, I figured that now would be a good time to do so. It's a good song, but it pales deeply in comparison to Schneider's previous adult alt. radio hit, "40 Dogs (Like Romeo And Juliet)". Where "40 Dogs" was earnest, catchy, and lyrically clever, "The Bringdown" seems to live up to its title - it's more watered down. Like I said, it's not a bad song, but I'm pretty sure Schneider could do better than this.
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