The Joy Formidable
I’ve been trying to come up with something to write about today other tour updates or album releases. Damn original content writer’s block. Here goes nothing …
- The big two albums so far this year, for me, is Midlake’s The Courage of Other and Beach House’s Teen Dream. Right behind those two albums are The Soft Pack’s debut LP (as The Soft Pack since they released an album as The Muslims) and Spoon’s Transference.
- If I had my way I’d listen to music all day our in the middle of nowhere. But since I have to make a living I – on a good day – maybe have an hour or two to listen. It’s better than nothing … but damn I’d be nice to have more time.
- This morning I heard a track by the band The Joy Formidable. One listen to one song, but I really dug it. It reminded me of the lost sound of Brit rock in the early 1990′s – Lush with heavier guitars.
- The best think about MySpace, back in 2003, was the “listening to” feature. Remember that? Where you good upload the album art and name of band and album you were listening to via Amazon?
- I’ve always liked EPs better than LPs. Maybe my attention span works better for six songs than 12.
- Baseball spring training is only a couple of weeks away.
And so it goes.
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