Saturday, May 3, 2008

Musica!


So, as promised this is dedicated to the wonderful thing, commonly known as music. To begin, this has already been a damn good year for music, as we have seen some powerful releases from both new and old alike. Blog favorites (Vampire Weekend) and hit makers (Lupe Fiasco) have come together in popular form and brought together vast amounts of fans. However, the finest album to be released, by far is from a relativly young and new band from England: Los Campesinos! (yes the exclamation point is a part of the name).

The best way to describe this band is with the following words: loud, fast, beautiful, chaotic, sweet, tragic, and heartfelt. Every song on the album comes at the listener at a machine gun-like speed, firing off random (yet strategic) pop culture references. Although this would on first listen sound rather pretentious (Lyrics include references to binary code, the dewy decimal system, Jane Eyre, and the ATP music festival), the lyrics match the subject matter perfectly. For example the lyric "And when our eyes meet, all I can read, is you're the B-side," expresses a pain that anyone can relate to.

Simply put, this is a beautiful album and one that will be difficult for even bands to top. What makes the music is the fact that one can tell that these musicians truly love what it is they do. Hell, it helps that they sound like Broken Social Scene's kid sibling (happen to be on same label).

To sum it up: Buy this album now!