We have been listening to the fabulous sounds of Mumford & Sons, Laura Marling and Noah and the Whale for days upon days now. It's wonderful painfully morose house tunes for the fortunes of her hopeful (yet melancholy) residents. Well Bedouin Soundclash (who I may have borrowed my post title from) is less dreary, but that's not the point right now.
We've all been healing. I'm adjusting to school, even letting go of the perfect life I was independently leading aboard, Larkin is moving home, we've all embarked on honors thesis-ing and final art show thesising. It's all slowly coming together.
It reminds me of a broken bowl that you've glued back together. You can see the cracks for a while in the bowl, but once it's all set and ready, with no leaks, the cracks go unnoticed, and make that bowl yours.
While I've been very bad a doing homework this evening, I have been thinking of all the wonderful music I've discovered or re-discovered in recent weeks. Kai Fish of the wonderful Mystery Jets gave a shout-out to the French Wives, one of my favourite up and comers- and even if they are my buddies, have a listen. The song Halloween speaks like angel bugles or something.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F470EuB-0PI
Dogfight is a great motivator.
Kai also gave a shout-out to the "surf esque" Sun-Birds, who are equally great, but very different from either Mystery Jets or French Wives. (By the way folks, how do you, pray tell, come up with these names?) Again, they are definitely a band to keep an eye on, I recommend the acoustic version of "River Run" or the original, but that is my favourite song of their 3 released.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0BXsSK-XjU
I have also been video surfing. I am absolutely fallen for Noah and the Whale's "Love of an Orchestra"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQDI5ra16Nw
And this delightful Justice Roberts look-a-like.
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros "Home"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HNY0rx2fw4
Ezra Furman & the Harpoons "Take off your Sunglasses"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0HvpwTS1xc
All of these videos, plus songs from Marcus Mumford, his lady friend Miss Laura Marling, bits of Yann Tieran, Lady Gaga, Madonna, MJ and the occasional musical number (such as "The Music Man's" Shipoopi) you will all be glad to know we are making a striving comeback at the Sailboat House.
Also some killer bands are coming this way including SUFJAN STEVENS, The Thermals, Ratatat (who I've seen and are great fun), Calexico, The Black Keys, The Black Crowes and Frightened Rabbit. Not to mention BELLE & SEBASTIAN. Only the dream of my life to see Stuart Murdock on stage with his guitar.
There are also some killer jazz acts coming to the Portland Jazz Fest, and now that I am of legal age in this country, well I shall be going!
But for now, all I can say is, hey hey hey, a beautiful day. A beautiful day. One day I'll be home.
