As mentioned in the last post I had a few bands that I was mulling over to decide who to write about, and I couldn’t narrow it down to just one. Because I know for a fact that if I game them separate posts I would fall so far behind and next thing I know all I would write is EAR'phoria. So this time around I’m going to share all three songs, yes, count them, one, two, three songs! So let us get started!
Song number one comes to us from a very large, hippy, gown wearing band from Dallas Texas by the name of “The Polyphonic Spree.” The song is a few years old and I first heard it a while back when I watched “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.” But re-living it made me re-discover just how great of a song it is. The song is “Light & Day / Reach for the Sun.” It’s a very uplifting cheery song, and it honestly makes me vision this is what a catholic choir (I think mostly because of the gowns they wear) would sound like on drugs. Go watch a music video of theirs on YouTube, if you’re having a bad day, seriously you’ll cheer right up!
Song number one comes to us from a very large, hippy, gown wearing band from Dallas Texas by the name of “The Polyphonic Spree.” The song is a few years old and I first heard it a while back when I watched “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.” But re-living it made me re-discover just how great of a song it is. The song is “Light & Day / Reach for the Sun.” It’s a very uplifting cheery song, and it honestly makes me vision this is what a catholic choir (I think mostly because of the gowns they wear) would sound like on drugs. Go watch a music video of theirs on YouTube, if you’re having a bad day, seriously you’ll cheer right up!
Song Number two is a little more mainstream than I like EAR'phoria to be about, but given some recent events and how much I love this song, here it is, number two comes off of “All-
American Rejects” latest album “When the World Comes Down.” Song is the title track off the album called “Mona Lisa (When the World Comes Down).” It’s a very sweet song basically about the shape this world has gotten and how it’s a scary place out there, but as long as you have someone to watch the world come down with all of it doesn’t matter, and the world doesn’t seem all that scary. I’ve been listening a lot to this song as of lately, more so in the past week, and it’s been a comfort for me about what’s to come. It’s amazing what can happen overnight.
And Finally and most certainly not last is number three, from the Seattle indie-pop/lo-fi rock scene is “Say Hi” and their newest album ”Oohs & Aahs.” I first heard about this band while checking out other bands on “Death Cab for Cutie’s older record label Barsuk Records. I liked what I heard, but unfortunately I let this band drift off into the distance as I discovered “The Decemberists” and “The Shins” and “Arcade Fire.” But when I heard that “Say Hi” had a new album out I couldn't but help myself to see what has become of this band; I loved what I heard and it’s quickly climbing the play count on my iPod! I’ll be the first to admit this type of music is at times an acquired taste, but if you like “The Shins,” and “Death Cab” then I recommend you download at least the track “Hallie and Henry” or “Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh.” You won't regret it!
And like my last post you can listen to these songs on YouTube, just search the band name and the song title, and all of them are on iTunes. That’s it for this post I promise I’ll keep it to one song next time.
And Finally and most certainly not last is number three, from the Seattle indie-pop/lo-fi rock scene is “Say Hi” and their newest album ”Oohs & Aahs.” I first heard about this band while checking out other bands on “Death Cab for Cutie’s older record label Barsuk Records. I liked what I heard, but unfortunately I let this band drift off into the distance as I discovered “The Decemberists” and “The Shins” and “Arcade Fire.” But when I heard that “Say Hi” had a new album out I couldn't but help myself to see what has become of this band; I loved what I heard and it’s quickly climbing the play count on my iPod! I’ll be the first to admit this type of music is at times an acquired taste, but if you like “The Shins,” and “Death Cab” then I recommend you download at least the track “Hallie and Henry” or “Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh.” You won't regret it!
And like my last post you can listen to these songs on YouTube, just search the band name and the song title, and all of them are on iTunes. That’s it for this post I promise I’ll keep it to one song next time.
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