12.03.2010
a loose, and hazy time, when you were not my clementine and i was not your diamond’s eye
♫ Future Islands – Vireo’s Eye
Future Islands are a band I had stumbled across years ago with their fantastically frenetic “Old Friend” (below) but I never got around to digging deeper until Todd from Sensual Harassment recommended them and I got on the ball. Their 2010 album In Evening Air is my forst full-length exposure to them and it’s a strangely great pice of … continue reading
Written by: Brandon on December 3, 2010.
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11.30.2010
cause I could never be your lover i found another girl to mess me around
♫ Hurts – Blood, Tears & Gold
UK kings of stark melodrama, Hurts, initially underwhelmed me with their first 2 singles, “Wonderful Life” and “Better Than Love” so I didn’t exactly rush to grab their debut LP Happiness when it dropped in September. However, seeing that they were coming to Warsaw next year I got curious real quick and have since been quite surprised at how … continue reading
Written by: Brandon on November 30, 2010.
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