Surfer Blood - Astro Coast

[Music Head]

I gotta see the album cover. That's half the fun. With no guidelines set forth, I feel free to revert to my systematic way of evaluating music. I will grade each song on a 1 to 3 scale for the 3 areas that I consider relevant, and comment when I have something to say. Overall, with 4 outstanding tracks out of 10, I think this is a great album. I can hear some Strokes, Vampire Weekend and Television. This will probably end up on my buy list.

Floating Vibes

Music - 3 - love the bass and when the lead guitar kicks in, I'm hooked
Vocals - 3
Lyrics - 3 - not sure what the applause verse means. applause for what

Swim

Music - 2 - what's that cutoff and then it comes back with something entirely different
Vocals - 1 - too tin canny
Lyrics - the end of what

Take It Easy

Music - 2 - is that a horse galloping
Vocals - 2
Lyrics - 1 - not much there/ take it easy or we will both be sorry

Harmonix

Music - 3 - love that just guitar and drum part
Vocals - 3 - nice harmonies
Lyrics - 3 - break up, move on. what better way

Neighbour Riffs

Music - 2 - nice bass line
Vocals - n/a
Lyrics - n/a

Twin Peaks

Music - 2
Vocals - 3
Lyrics - 3 - Twin Peaks and David Lynch. Is this a metaphore

Fast Jabroni

Music - 3
Vocals - 2
Lyrics - 2 - jabroni means throwing a wrestling match. Is that in here? Couldn't tell.

Slow Jabroni

Music - 2 - don't like the slow start but ok once the guitar kicks in
Vocals - 3 - he covers some different ranges for a change up
Lyrics - 2 - just trying to figure it out so I don't have to do without

Anchorage

Music - 3 - drum intro hooks me
Vocals - 3
Lyrics - 3 - I love Alaska so they had me

Catholic Pagans

Music - 3 - Duane Eddy twang intro then it flows
Vocals - 3
Lyrics - 3 - getting straight when he met her and combing his hair was pretty cool. Wondering about the Russian bride and Obama connection?