Their latest album came out Tuesday. If you like this specifically or post-rock generally, it is less than six bucks at Amazon MP3. This is the third album od theirs I have purchased, and I can honestly say I do not have anything else like the music they make.
Last Known Surroundings:
Human Qualities:
Trembling Hands:
Be Comfortable, Creature:
Postcard from 1952:
Let Me Back In:
I was going to put up the new Explosions in the Sky album, but I overslept this morning. This seems like a worthy consolation prize.
'Tis the season, I guess....
"Down By The River" - Neil Young
The best way for me to hear this song is on a blistering summer day, meandering through traffic, windows down, floor A/C on, cold beverage with condensation beads rolling down the sides in the drink holder. That being said, this is just a magnificent song that I can hear again and again and again. Maybe it is the minimalist one-note beginning to the first guitar solo. Maybe it is the rawness of the garage band-esque sound (Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere is my favorite Neil Young Album, with or without Crazy Horse; Freedom is an extremely close second). Maybe it is remembering when and where I first realized that the song had nothing to do with killing a woman. Whatever the reasons, I could put this on replay for 24 hours. In fact, I think I have, once upon a time.
"Jeremy" - Pearl Jam
This was another tough one, as I do not really dance. And I do not really have a best friend, what with my rampant misanthropy and all. So I will jump into the way-back machine and pick one to which we used to flail about back in the day. Back when I detested people in general slightly less.