So I have been sitting on “Sleepyhead” for a while now and totally loving it! Thinking it was just another one hit wonder, it was a few weeks before I checked out their entire EP, and wow! I can’t believe I wasted those weeks without it! My boyfriend and I are huge Of Montreal fans, and this band definitely appeals to that same part of my brain that likes sounds that are different and danceable. I totally love ALL the songs on this EP (a very rare occasion). For a better description, I’d go with Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay (Justice) and David Barnes (Of Montreal) having a dance party in the 80’s, and this is about as close as we’re getting to an invitation with Passion Pit’s Chunk of Change EP.
Archives for the month of: February, 2009
So I must say that I had pretty low expectations for this new Lily Allen album It’s Not Me, It’s You seeing that her recently released singles were subpar, at least in comparison with the initial songs that made me fall for Lily. However, after perusing this new album a few times, I’m finding that though it’s definitely a more mature (sometimes translating to boring) album, it still very solid and full of some great songs (many of which I would have suggested as singles). Either way, good stuff. Keep up the good work, Lily. And please don’t go crazy, I like your new album and hope there will be more to come!
After recently running across the Stars new album Do You Trust Your Friends?, I was made to rediscover an album and love I had long forgotten and thought I had moved past, but apparently I was very wrong. Number one, Stars Set Yourself on Fire was a phenomenal album, so obviously any remix would naturally carry that nostalgic feel to it. Some failed worse than others, but a few carried their weight. For me, I loved the solid mixup of “The First Five Times” by The Russian Futurists. While they do seem to take some of the soft romanticism out of the song, they replace it with some sweet sounds. And “Ageless Beauty” made over by Most Serene Republic added some life into a droopy song with their upbeat acoustic overlay. This was a really interesting way to do a remix album, and I’m started to see more of it lately, and I kinda like it. Do You Trust Your Friends? is definitely not a good choice if you haven’t fallen in love with Set Yourself on Fire already, but a nice way to revisit it if you already have.
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