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Song of the Week – Sebastien Grainger and The Mountains I Hate My Friends
Sebastien Grainger and The Mountains I Hate My Friends from Self Titled (2008)
I don’t actually hate my friends, but I dig this song.
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Song of the Week – Animal Collective Summertime Clothes
Animal Collective Summertime Clothes from Merriweather Post Pavillion (Domino 2009)
In all honesty, like most of my now favorite albums, “Merriweather Post Pavillion” took me several listens to get into. While we’re on the subject of honesty, I got into Animal Collective pretty late in the game. Starting with “Strawberry Jam” I loved the noise, screaming, and psychedelic electronic instrumentation that was filling my ears! Alas, I find out that was a very odd album for Animal Collective and the newer album gets back to its roots. This isn’t a bad thing, just was a bit disappointing and slowed my appreciation. However, after the 3rd or 4th listen, I started to get hooked. My Girls is easily a favorite. However, this weeks song, Summertime Clothes, just makes me happy to think about all of those summertime clothes we’ll be enjoying soon. Oh, if only it weren’t still March.
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Song of the Week – Chad VanGaalen Willow Tree
Chad VanGaalen Willow Tree from the album “Soft Airplane” (2008)
Though riddled with dark lyrical undertones, I absolutely love the vibrato of Chad VanGallen’s voice throughout very vivid depictions of hallucinations throughout “Soft Airplanes.” Willow Tree is a simplistic and beautiful song that I’ve had in my head for quite some time. Just can’t shake the chorus despite feeling embarrassed by the morbid lyrics.