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Album of the Week: Close To Paradise

Published on May 11, 2009 in Album of the Week. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

This week, quite a rushed post as I’m in my last week of exams and indeed have an exam in a couple of hours. However, I’d like to feature an amazing album by the Canadian Patrick Watson. Their 2006 album Close to Paradise is to me the soundtrack to an epic boat trip in the rain guided by a very unique voice (yeah, exams do this to me..).

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In their (quite nice!) official website you can download two awesome tracks: Luscious Life and Giver. Hope you like it.

Oh, and I just noticed that the WordPress update ruined my K2 layout! I’ll try to fix it when I get my free time back after this awful exam period. Sorry about that!

Album of the Week: Apologies to the Queen Mary

Published on May 3, 2009 in Album of the Week. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

This week, another album from the same bag of uncontrolled strange vocals that brought you Tears of the Valedictorian :) . I’m featuring the debut album from the Canadian band Wolf Parade, titled Apologies to the Queen Mary (2005). I was addicted to this album a couple of years ago and recently came back to it and got addicted all over again. It’s such a neat and unique album with some interesting lyrics and of course interesting vocals. If weird vocals are not your thing you might want to skip this one, but if you liked Tears of the Valedictorian I think you’ll also love this album!

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These two video clips will give you a sampler of two amazing tracks from the album, and they are pretty cool videoclips themselves. Hope you like it.

Album of the Week: Asleep In The Back

Published on April 20, 2009 in Album of the Week. 2 Comments Tags: , , .

Most of you by now have probably heard about the band Elbow, through their critically acclaimed latest album “The Seldom Seen Kid” (especially with Grounds for Divorce being featured on the “Burn After Reading” trailer). So, I’m not here to talk to you about how great it is (it is amazing so if you haven’t heard it whole go check it out right now!). The album I’m featuring this week is their 2001 debut album, Asleep In The Back. It is impressive how they have had a unique and varied sound right from their debut album, with very different kinds of song nicely executed (for instance “Red” and “Bitten by the Tailfly”). It is slightly darker than the aforementioned Seldom Seen Kid and overall it is well worth a listen. I hope you like it as well!

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You can listen to Bitten By The Tailfly on grooveshark lite, which is in a totally different style than their most recent work. Also, if you enjoyed this album you do want to check out the rest of their work, especially Cast of Thousands, which has some really great tracks.