During the summer I move furniture. It's a lucrative job. I make more money than I would anywhere else. But it has its drawbacks, particularly for the upkeep of this blog. As you can see, my postage has really fallen by the wayside.
When I get home from an eight to 12 hour day at Scott Relocation Services, I'm completely exhausted, and not the kind of exhausted found after staying up too late or going on a long bike ride. My job produces a complete state of mental and physical exhaustion. I don't want to do anything when I get home, even if it's as easy as writing a blog post.
But I'll do my best.
As for now, I really don't feel like writing anything.
Summer is upon us! Well, maybe just me. This is is a glimpse at what's coming out of my speakers until september.
Telekinesis! - Telekinesis!
Michael Lerner, a twenty-something from Seattle Washington, writes and records everything Telekinesis! puts out, which is one album: Telekinesis!. I've been a big fan of it recently. It has a great natural sound and most of the album is catchy ("Calling all Doctors" in particular. Note how he plays drums on stage, that's really cool.) Better yet, the album was produced in part by Chris Walla, Death Cab for Cutie's guitarist/producer. Can you hear it? After I found out, I thought this song has a feel similar to The Photo Album, Death Cab's third full length; especially with "I Was A Kaleidoscope." The guitar and drum tones are a pretty similar.
But back to "Coast of Carolina," It's engergized and up-beat. If you see me rollin' 'round Milford any time soon, I may be making a fool of myself singing along at the top of my lungs.
Jónsi- Go
This is another good sing-along (if you're up on your Icelandic – yes, that is a real language). Jónsi is the head man of Sigur Rós, a good post-rock act and he recently put out his own solo project, Go. It retains a Sigur Rós feel – kind of abstract, slow paced with rich harmonies – while infused with some Coldplay-ish pop elements.
Here's the album's first track, "Go Do."
It's fun and different, a combination I don't often come by. It hooked me so much that I'm seeing him tonight at the House of Blues in Boston. It's gunna be fun. I haven't been to a good, fun show in a while and I'm excited.
Adventure Plus – In Case of Fire
Music doesn't get much more fun or energetic than this. A couple guys that graduated from my high school a few years before me put this together. Every part, whether it be vocals, drums, guitar, bass, is constantly moving. It makes you wanna jump and it'll be stuck in your head all day. Sometimes I forget these guys are local, because they have a sound that could take them places.Unfortunately there's no convenient youtube links since they aren't very big yet, but they've been kind enough to offer their album, In Case Of Fire, up for download. I highly suggest you get it.
Every song on that album is great for summer, but the best are "Go Home" and "We Killed The Carpool." So download the album and get these songs on your summer playlists!
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