a record a day keeps the sadness away

Beirut - The Rip Tide

16:12

Hello beautiful people who still read my blog!!!!! First of all, I want to apologize for neglecting this for so long but I was on vacati...

16:12

Hello beautiful people who still read my blog!!!!! First of all, I want to apologize for neglecting this for so long but I was on vacation and then school started etc, no one cares. All you care for is music, I suppose. Like me.
So, today I bring to you Beirut's wonderful third record. "The Rip Tide" came out a few years ago, when I was really hyped about Beirut, and completely in love with "The Flying Club Cup", their second album.
This one is my favourite though. I love Zach Condon's voice, it's velvet-ish in some songs, like A Candle's Fire, or East Harlem. Something I really like about Beirut is their folky side, the (sometimes messy) combination of <instruments, just merging together in such beautiful melodies and I must say, that as far as instrumental complexity, I think Beirut are masters in that aspect, just picking up some trumpets, organs, guitars, accordions (??) and drums and turning all of that into those sweet melodies. They actually sort of take me back in time, to that late 19th century, when everything was nice, just before the WWI and the opulence of the Russian empire, I don't know.
So, my favourite track of this record is most certainly "Vagabond", i love everything about it, from the organ in the beggining to every drum in the world and trumpet kicking in, and turning it into one of the best songs ever. The sort of interlude in the middle is really great, it brings this sort of dancy touch to the song. Also the lyrics are very pretty, especially when Zach sings " ... now as the air gets cold / the truth unfolds / and I am lost and not found ... " and that voice.
Well, again I'm sorry, really, and I hope you enjoy this record as much as I do!!

Beirut - "The Rip Tide"

Pompeii Records

Tracklisting:

A Candle's Fire
Santa Fe
East Harlem
Goshen
Payne's Bay
The Rip Tide
Vagabond
The Peacock
Port of Call

For more information go to: http://www.beirutband.com

The Naked and Famous - Passive Me, Agressive You

16:05

Hey guys! First of all, I'd like to thank everyone who has seen my blog, I'm really thankful! I never thought I'd have more ...

16:05

Hey guys! First of all, I'd like to thank everyone who has seen my blog, I'm really thankful! I never thought I'd have more than two people ever visiting here!! Therefore, I am really happy that you have all seen my blog, please keep comign, I'm going to try and post more records here! But I'm going to have really important tests and exams, so I'm sorry in advance.
So today I decided to put here The Naked And Famous's (TNAF) debut record. I just love it so much. It's sort of a dream-pop/rock kind of grunge-ish everynow and then ( like on "Spank" or " Wolf In Geek's Clothing" ) style of music. To be quite honest, I haven't listened to the record fully in a while, but I am currently listening to it!!
I first heard about TNAF because a friend of mine uploaded one of their songs on Facebook and once I heard it, I immediately fell in love. I just absolutely adored every song in their album when I heard it, so you understand why it is so hard for me to pick a favourite song, but I probably have to choose "Punching In A Dream". I think it's one of the most dream pop-rok song in their record, and I think that's why I love it. Also, te lyrics are pretty much amazing, like " ... wait / I don't ever wanna be here / like punching in a dream breathing life into my nightmare ... "
Well, just go listen to them, please!

The Naked and Famous - Passive Me, Agressive You
Somewhat Damaged
Trackilisting:

All Of This
Punching In A Dream
Frayed
The Source
The Sun
Eyes
Young Blood
No Way
Spank
Jilted Lovers
Wolf In Geek's Clothing
The Ends
Girls Like You

For more information go to: http://thenakedandfamous.com/

PEACE - In Love

20:59

Again, I'm so so so sorry for not being here for the last few days, but I was a bit lazy, and to be honest, I haven't really rem...

20:59

Again, I'm so so so sorry for not being here for the last few days, but I was a bit lazy, and to be honest, I haven't really remembered to put up anything here and I had to study for some tests.

So today, I decided to put PEACE's brand new record called "In Love".

Of course, the first song I ever heard of them was "Bloodshake", but to be honest, I was only attracted to the song because Harrison Koisser (singer, guitarist) on the video, imitates Fred MacPherson of the band Spector - another band I really like.

Anyways the record came out a few days ago, and it was streamed in various websites, and that's where I listened to it. I still don't have it, but I want to purchase it as soon as possible, because I absolutely love it.

Their ep "Delicious" (which featured tracks like "Bloodshake" or "California Daze" ) was a sign that this band was goign to achive great things in the musical world, which is something they have done, and the proof is the beautiful "In Love".

I'm not 100% sure hich gender of music it is, but I have to go towards a bit of shoegaze-meets-dream-ish-rock.
Besides loving the band, I have a little crush on Harry. He's cute and I really like his voice!! Besides Harrison, the band consists of Harry's brother Samuel Koisser ( bass ), Douglas Castle ( guitar ) and Dominic Boyce (drums ).
Due to loving this record a lot, I can't really decide on a favourite track, but I looked on my iPod's most played, and the one was "Float Forever", and after I thought a bit about it, I reached the conclusion that it is probably my favourite song. I love the instrumental and the lyrics like " ... hold on to your headlights / they hold the skin to your bones / fold in fear in the white lines / you know we'll float forever / you know we'll float forever in the tide ... " ; don't know why I love them, I think they're just beautiful.