Well, it's been more than a year and a half since I last posted! I had to take a break from the blog in order to be an editor for my school paper and then I studied abroad, but I'm back and ready to keep writing about Great Music You Haven't Heard! Thank you to everyone who visited the blog while I was away, and I look forward to even more readers finding their way to the site.
I thought it'd be appropriate for me to re-start my blog with the new Freelance Whales album, since their first album "Weathervanes" was one of my first posts for this blog! "Diluvia" is an exercise in purely pretty music - it's not necessarily as focused on narrative and lyricism as "Weathervanes" is in my opinion (not that the lyrics of this album are bad). But that's okay. Instead, it focuses more on soundscapes; warm washes of sound under rising and falling vocal hooks. Listen to the first track off the album, "Aeolus," and you'll see what I mean. It's got a simple riff from the beginning and it gradually builds to include ethereal backing vocals and all-around greatness.
Another particularly great song is "DNA Bank," which clocks in at about seven and a half minutes. Picking favorites off this album is a bit of a futile exercise, though. This is definitely an album best listened to in one sitting — and believe me, you'll want to.
Head over the the new Myspace (which decided to get awesome in the time I was away) and check out their page. Here's the link: https://new.myspace.com/freelancewhales/music/albums.
Bear with me as I get back into the swing of things, and I'm looking forward to posting more and more often! As always, enjoy the music :)
Andrew
