What Are You Listening To?

[Music Head]

from my library (cd)



The bands fifth full length and the first to crack the charts at #134. They didn't make my radar until 2009's I And Love And You, so I am playing catch up, working backwards. And I will catch up. Can't say enough good things about this band. The music that's in my bones. First listen of this did not have the impact of I And Love And You, and after about 5 spins now, it still hasn't. But after each play, it grows more. Has reached 5 tracks that I love and nothing I don't at least like. Live clips kick ass, showing they love what they do. Favorite was a tough call with Shame nudging out The Ballad Of Love And Hate. These guys blend so many styles of music to come up with their own brand. Let's just hope making it to the mainstream doesn't ruin them. That last album brought them to the masses without selling out. There is always that accusation when a band makes it. Can't say there was much difference betwen this one and that one, yet something clicked with the music buying crowd. Glad to see the boys get their due.

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Go To Sleep

Best Track - Shame

Okay so I was wrong about
My reasons for us fallin' out
Of love I want to fall back in

My life is different now I swear
I know now what it means to care
About somebody other than myself

I know the things I said to you
They were untender and untrue
I'd like to see those things undo

So if you could find it in your heart
To give a man a second start
I promise things won't end the same

Shame, boatloads of shame
Day after day, more of the same
Blame, please lift it off
Please take it off, please make it stop

Okay so I have read the mail
The stories people often tell
About us that we never knew

But their existence will float away
And just like every word they say
And we will hold hands as they fade

Shame, boatloads of shame
Day after day, more of the same
Blame, please lift it off
Please take it off, please make it stop

I felt so sure of everything
My love to you so well received
And I just strutted around your town
Knowing I didn't let you down
The truth be known, the truth be told
My heart was always fairly cold
Posing to be as warm as yours
My way of getting in your world
But now I'm out and I've had time
To look around and think
And sink into another world
That's filled with guilt and overwhelming

Shame, boatloads of shame
Day after day, more of the same
Blame, please lift it off
Please take it off, please make it stop

And everyone they have a heart
And when they break and fall apart
And need somebody's helping hand

I used to say just let 'em fall
It wouldn't bother me at all
I couldn't help them now I can

1) Die Die Die **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3MIcb3MxQw
2) Shame ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I83llca5mf0
3) Paranoia In B Major **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4X1nmKyiU6s&ob=av2n
4) The Weight Of Lies ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxHw5e1H10A
5) Will You Return? **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWTUqjtnVkY
6) The Ballad Of Love And Hate ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cTJV3HK-Xs
7) Salina ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g5xsccIVHs
8) Pretty Girl From Chile **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APTRog2gPjI
9) All My Mistakes ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDQc6SMNwgY
10) Living Of Love **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CIcWrCAl_c
11) I Would Be Sad **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKNAfTowygA
12) Pretty Girl From San Diego **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxmjNF-9yeE
13) Go To Sleep **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWKRrnqB8gA
14) Hand Me Down Tune **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFofMqFem8Q

3's - 5
2's - 9
1's - 0

Grade - 2.4

so many albums, so little time