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Beach Foam by Future Islands

I’m not really the one who places much weight on lyrics.  Once in awhile a line will jump out that I can related to and it basically serves as the lyrical theme for the melody.

This song by Bmore’s Future Islands (fantastic live, btdubs) caught my ear with its slow paced groove.  Very sunsety, reflective, and at peace with itself— in a “last moment on earth” type of way.  The lyrics really push the song’s appeal over the top; a perfect match up with the mood of the instrumentals.

Standing on a beach somewhere
Looking for something to see
As the beach rolls in, I swear
It’s bringing something to me
Baby, one day I’ll have what I want:
Someone to stand next to me
But until then, I’ll just wait and watch
As the pull rolls into me
Beach foam baby
Midnight baby
Beach foam, beach foam baby
Midnight baby, midnight baby
Midnight
Standing on a shore somewhere
Looking for something to be
As the beach rolls in, I swear
It’s bringing something to me

Bonus///Beach Foam music video

Causers of This by Toro Y Moi

I’m more excited for this guy’s official album than…..

Apparently he has like over 20 tracks.  Jstreet posted a funny review about Toro by RCRDLBL.

He’s from South Carolina.

He has a rad blog, too.

The song posted above sounds very New Jack Swing inspired.  Wargo’s been saying that’s the future re-genre.

Walkabout (ft. Noah Lennox) by Atlas Sound

“Walkabout” samples The Dovers’ “What Am I Going Do To Do”, cribbing its fluttering organ riff and surrounding it with golden waves of beach ball drums. Noah Lennox’s (aka Panda Bear) pipes still sound like cherubs singing from clouds, so, uh, yea, you might wanna check this one out.

from RCRD LBL

I’d Have It Just The Way We Were by White Denim

I had a hard time choosing just one song to post from White Denim’s new album, Fits.

The album contains their unique style of spastic psych-rock, but they venture into new terrain on the second half of the album with tracks like “Paint Yourself”,”I’d Have It Just The Way We Were” (posted), and “Regina Holding Hands”.  These songs have more of a soulful vibe where the singers voice sounds like later era King Crimson or a non-androgynous Antony Hegartyons (of Antony and the Johnsons and Hercules and Love Affair).  The instrumentation on the album is complicated but retains the bluesy rawness that makes their live shows highly accessible.

Although they already carved out their own niche and established a loyal following, I think they should continue pushing their sound in the direction mentioned above.

Update: Def feeling a little Jeff Buckley at times.

Happy Up Here by Röyksopp

Röyksopp’s debut LP, Melody AM, carved out a perfect space in the electronic music scene and is a classic worthy of top ten lists for multiple categories.

This single dropped a few months ago.  It’s on their new album Junior.  The title says it all.  It’s basically the same thing looped over and over.  Why fuck with a good thing.

The music vid is worth checking out.

Hung Up On A Dream by The Tough Alliance (originally by The Zombies)

I love the Tough Alliance.  Although live they just play their songs on an iPod and taunt the crowd (their website plays by these rules, too).

Jstreet was playing this from his room the other night.  I knew exactly what it was.

It’s nice when bands can cover songs without just completely copying it or resorting to a simplified acoustic or electro remix version.

This one sounds like a Tough Alliance original, which should be the point when you cover a song.

I See A Different You by Koop featuring Yukimi Nagano

Koop constructs songs by piecing together hundreds of samples.  Kinda like Girl Talk but with jazz, soul, orchestral, and R&B instead of pop, classic rock, and rap.

The vocals on this track are by the lead singer of Little Dragon.  She’s Swedish too, but of Japanese decent.  Spice.