so, i am currently trying to come up with my top ten of the 08, and i am finding records that i may have not paid enough attention to. namely, a weather’s cove, cause its quite a lovely little record that, at this point, am trying desperately to find a worthy spot for. did i ever mention that i hate top ten lists? actually, i love em, but they are a bitch to put together. at this point, and actually for the last 9 months, i know what my favorite record of the year is and i think i am just going to do a number one write up and have the remainders be in no particular order. anywho, enough with my mini-dilemma’s here are a few tracks from cove.
spiders, snakes - definitely one of my favorite tracks of the year, and i love the bedhead reference…
top of the whatever to ya! our friends from across the pond, the peeps of the line of best fit, recently released their mix tape for july onto the internets. this month features the likes of the constantines, j tilman, fleet foxes, damien juardo, bowerbirds, and a few others.
i am going to give you a brief glimpse into how i work when listening to an artist/record for the first time and i am sure some of you may have the same kind of approach. firstly, if the music doesnt grab me within the first 20 seconds, it gets turned off. secondly, if the vocals dont do much for me over the course of the first song or two, again see ya. thirdly, i actually pay attention to the lyrics and for subtleties that i am sure i missed the first time around. maybe its just me, but i live for subtleties and other little shit like awesomely placed organ fills, uncovering the well hidden hook, etc. its kinda like where’s waldo set to music. anyone else go through such a process?
speaking of subtle/subtleties, portland, oregon’s a weather’s cove is quite the little record and rife with pieces of auditory goodness that lie beneath the surface just waiting to be discovered. cove is much like an elliot smith record if he hadn’t been fighting so many demons, or ocean beach era red house painters if kozelek weren’t so boring or maybe even a low record that had a bit more passion.
spiders snakes - check out this track - definitely one of my favorite of the year.
if you havent checked out the felice bros do yrself a favor and give “frankie’s gun” and/or “wonderful life” a whirl. “frankie’s gun” could be one of the best dylan/the band songs that they never wrote and is probably my favorite of the year.
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