I picked up some new new music yesterday. Initial impressions:
1. The Fiery Furnaces - EP
Despite the name, this is more of an album than an EP (10 tracks).Whatever it is, it's fucking awesome. I thought Gallowsbird's Bark was a good album, but I was turned off by what I had heard of Blueberry Boat. "Well then," I thought, "that's that." EP is so good, it makes me want to go out and buy 5 copies of Blueberry Boat and give each of them a second chance (actually, this is an exaggeration, but I'll probably go down to Borders and buy *one* copy after I finish this journal entry).
2. The Postal Service - We Will Become Silhouettes single
Eh. Nothing particularly fantastic on this. Probably worth exactly the $5 it cost.
3. Flunk - Morning Star
I've recently rekindled my torrid love affair with 97X, the Oxford, Ohio radio station that started me down the path to music obsession. They've gone internet-only recently, and the move has only made them better. They've been been playing some tracks off this album recently and I've liked what I've heard. It tickles the part of the brain dedicated to processing sexy European music (Björk, Portishead, Hooverphonic, etc). You can listen to 97X at woxy.com or by looking them up in the iTunes radio listing.
4. Metric - Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?
I basically picked this up because of the Emily Haines connection to Stars and Broken Social Scene. I haven't really played this much (been listening too much to EP), but I have high hopes. Is it just me, or does it seem like everything from Canada just rocks lately?
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