NEW HEM and music recs
Dec. 11th, 2012 07:05 pmAAAIIIIIIEEEEE. New Hem! One song, at least! And signs point to a.) Departure and Farewell being split into not two, but three albums, and b.) at least one of those albums being released in March, and c.) maaaaaaybe at least one being released earlier than that.
Anyway, get "Tourniquet" here. You have to sign up for their mailing list, but this is not a hardship, eh?
As for the song itself, I'm not as enamored of it as I am of some of their other work--although maybe I would feel differently if I were familiar with Brooklyn geography, which is what this is about--but it's certainly respectable, and as always, I love the lush instrumental background.
While I'm here, have a few more music recs:
Lisa Hannigan
"What'll I Do" - This is without a doubt the catchiest song I've heard all year. Hannigan's quirky delivery perfectly suits the inventive lyrics, too, like the following: "What'll I do without you around / my words won't pun, my pennies won't pound / and oh, and my frisbee flies to the ground." The whole song is full of great images and unexpected slant rhymes.
"I Don't Know" - Also some interesting lyrics, and I loooove the brass and strings.
Gin House
"Marianna" (download it free at NoiseTrade) - It's very...soulful, I think, is the word, although it's not soul music as such. I really like the chorus, and especially the little flourish of a wind instrument that appears after certain lines.
Thea Gilmore
"Come Up With Me" - Gilmore pops up with some regularity on my Pandora stations, but I was never moved to buy one of her songs until I heard this one. It was released in 2008, but is more reminiscent of the alternative rock purveyed by many female artists of the 90s. I'm sure the fact that the intro is the melody of the chorus to Third Eye Blind's "Turn Around" speeded up by half has something to do with that. (Seriously, compare them for yourself. It drove me crazy trying to figure out where I'd heard that guitar line before.)
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And another random link I've been holding on to:
Interactive map of the London Blitz. It maps every bomb that fell. My jaw actually dropped when I saw how many red dots showed up on that map. (Zoom out. It's insane.)
Anyway, get "Tourniquet" here. You have to sign up for their mailing list, but this is not a hardship, eh?
As for the song itself, I'm not as enamored of it as I am of some of their other work--although maybe I would feel differently if I were familiar with Brooklyn geography, which is what this is about--but it's certainly respectable, and as always, I love the lush instrumental background.
While I'm here, have a few more music recs:
Lisa Hannigan
"What'll I Do" - This is without a doubt the catchiest song I've heard all year. Hannigan's quirky delivery perfectly suits the inventive lyrics, too, like the following: "What'll I do without you around / my words won't pun, my pennies won't pound / and oh, and my frisbee flies to the ground." The whole song is full of great images and unexpected slant rhymes.
"I Don't Know" - Also some interesting lyrics, and I loooove the brass and strings.
Gin House
"Marianna" (download it free at NoiseTrade) - It's very...soulful, I think, is the word, although it's not soul music as such. I really like the chorus, and especially the little flourish of a wind instrument that appears after certain lines.
Thea Gilmore
"Come Up With Me" - Gilmore pops up with some regularity on my Pandora stations, but I was never moved to buy one of her songs until I heard this one. It was released in 2008, but is more reminiscent of the alternative rock purveyed by many female artists of the 90s. I'm sure the fact that the intro is the melody of the chorus to Third Eye Blind's "Turn Around" speeded up by half has something to do with that. (Seriously, compare them for yourself. It drove me crazy trying to figure out where I'd heard that guitar line before.)
*
And another random link I've been holding on to:
Interactive map of the London Blitz. It maps every bomb that fell. My jaw actually dropped when I saw how many red dots showed up on that map. (Zoom out. It's insane.)
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