As soon as I got home after my last day of the freshman year of college, I opened my iTunes and played one song: "Excuses" by The Morning Benders. The explosion of orchestral happiness at the beginning of the song channeled perfectly the excitement I was feeling at the prospect of summer.
And with that, this post is about "Big Echo" by The Morning Benders, the perfect soundtrack to anyone's summer. The album as a whole is so well done, so wonderfully "hipster," that it's impossible not to fall in love with.
The instrumentals can be both quiet (as in "Mason Jar") or boisterous (as in "Excuses"). Pair that with earnest, slightly waif-ish vocals and an honest, low-fidelity sound and you have an extraordinarily well-crafted 40 minutes of indie rock.
Also, though this is a small note, it's refreshing that the lyrics of the album are varied (as in, not 11 variations on the theme of a love song).
My three favorite songs on the album are "Excuses," "Stitches," "Mason Jar."
Here's a link to their Myspace.
http://www.myspace.com/themorningbenders/music
With that, enjoy the beginning of your summer!
Andrew
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