I can’t stop listening to sad songs…. catharsis or masochism? It’s difficult to tell sometimes, eh? But Friday nights are times to just kick back and let it flow… whatever it is. For once in a long while, I’ve worked a whole week and I’ve earned this Friday night. That’s a mutherfuckin good feeling, let me tell you! Here, have some tunes… kick it, enjoy the hell outta your weekend, your woman, your man, your kids, your whatever, xoxo

The Bow Song mp3 Perhapsy (debut album available June 16) This complex guitar, ambient noise, jazz piece says Friday to me over and over again. It’s also a little like what the inside of my head sounds/feels like by the end of the week so I guess I like listening to it as it unwinds itself upon itself over and over again and at the very last moment revs itself up into a frenzy before sputtering out. Yeah, that’s so like me on a night like this; apply that to any scenario that you might imagine, darlin’s  Find news on the album here.

Only Beginnings mp3 Oh Darling from their new album Nice-Nice which they are touring to support (see dates below) and if you go to their website, which is lovely, you can hear it all there. Most of the rest of the album is quite upbeat and with these very sweet soprano voices which aren’t really twee at all and the instrumentalization of it all makes for a really varied and interesting album. I really wish them well on this tour, they have some high hopes and a good chance of reaching them.  They’ve licensed their new song “Colorful Day” for a VW commercial and the upcoming feature film Road Trip 2. They’ve relocated from Portland, OR to LA and made a docudrama about it all, and although everyone and their mother calls them “cute” I have to say, when you adjust your ears to the vocals I think you’ll hear quite a bit more than “cute” out of this talented band. This tune is just dreamy and sad and sleepy sounding and I fell in love with it. I hope you do too.

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Tour Dates:

Apr 25 2009    8:00P The Brown Lantern    Anacortes, Washington
Apr 26 2009    9:00P Doug Fir    Portland, Oregon
Apr 28 2009    12:00P Sonoma State University    Rohnert Park, California
Apr 30 2009    9:00P Old Ironsides    Sacramento, California
May 1 2009    6:00P KFSR    Fresno, California
May 1 2009    8:00P Fresno State University    Fresno, California
May 1 2009    9:00P Kuppajoe    Fresno, California.

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