12/1/09

Should you find yourself in need of new rock music, I highly recommend the new Lovedrug. I think it's a good fit for a lot of kinds of music fans, the songs are just really well-done. A step up from "Sucker Punch Show" and its abstract pounding, a step towards something more patient and powerful.

Listen here.

"Pink Champagne" and "Ladders" were the easiest to get into at first and I found myself playing them a lot. But the other three have really grown on me, too -- "She's Disaster" is hypnotic and striking, "We Were Owls" and "Dead in the Water" have a feel that reminds me a lot more of their first record, "Pretend That You're Alive," which is a stunning rock album.

I can't recommend this band enough to people, wherever I go and end up talking about music. Nor can I put my finger on what about their sound is so special to me. Maybe it's just that they have a great blend of extremely sing-able melodies, poignant, biting lyrics, excellent use of dynamics to move a song along, and some dark, dark moments. They are a band that's really come to inspire me on what makes up a good song these days, and I'm glad to see that they're producing new material that's grounded in their roots and not resorting to trying to sound like whatever Pitchfork is rating high these days.

12/1/09

You see the night is all I have to make me fear
And all I want is just a love to make it hurt
'Cause all I need is something fine to make me loose
Now it's a funny way I find myself with you

Because this song is all I have to make me feel
And all it takes is just a love to make it hurt
And every sound erased in time could make me loose
Now it's a funny way I find myself with you

But now there's nothing left to do but waste my time
I never knew where to move on, I never knew what to rely upon
Now there's nothing left to say to change your mind
And if you're unhappy still I will be hanging on your line
Should you return, should you return, should you return

-Should You Return,
Copeland, You Are My Sunshine




I'm really sad there's no more Copeland. They were a really awesome band, I loved their albums, and don't think I've ever heard a song I couldn't get into. "You Are My Sunshine" is just a moment of an album, very ambient and still and high-pitched. The songs are very sweet and honest, very unsure and loving and fragile and reflective, wrapped all up in one. Hopefully more to come from Aaron Marsh & co. in other forms in the next decade....I can't stop thinking that it's gonna be a new DECADE.
So, goodbye Copeland, I gave you a lot of posts in my blog no one reads, because I really loved you!