The Morning After

You know what they say, time flies when you’re having fun.  Well I must have fun everyday because when Thursday and Friday roll around I am always surprised.  You’d think, all the years I’ve orbited the sun, Thursday shouldn’t surprise me…but here we are.

I woke up today to exceptionally high volume of emails from bands looking for that blog post to get the buzz rolling outside of your local scene.  Thank you.

I got a job, a kid…life is busy.  Never too busy for one or two (or three) nice songs jamming while I get ready for the radio show.  And today, they come at me from all over and with divergent sounds.

Let’s start in Queens, New York.  The group is called Gospels.  Their introductory email talks about them being the best of roomates? and into home improvement?  Living in a place called Forest Hills? Sounds nice….not the most compelling story but I clicked play.  Glad I did.  Their song ‘Animal Feelings’ is a light, jangly sounding bit of modern rock.  I like the hint of fuzz (which will contrast nicely to our next song).

Their Animal Feelings ep is out in the Spring on +1.

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Back to the land of beer and snow…. Canada.  Hamilton’s The Dirty Nil crank the amps on their split 7-inch with Northern Primitive.

The song is called “Zombie Eyed” which I hope is about smoking pot.

Their email compelled me to listen.

Putting out a record with friends is awesome because there’s more people to drink with, double the doom, double the fuzz, people to tell you if there’s too much fuzz (there never is), people to tell you when you’re in tune (we never are), maximum bro hangs, less songs to write, less money to pay, you get to form the justice league of rock and roll, blood pacts, telepathic homie love, hombre Valhalla, and a constant drone of swearing.

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Gospels sound like some guys taking it seriously. Getting it right.  The Dirty Nil sound like fans of rock & roll who make rock & roll.  If they played a show with FIDLAR…well that would be a fun night.

and now… Italy.

The group is Bergen.  The Italian/UK band named after a Norwegian town (in the county of Hordaland… ORCS!) make dream pop.  They says:

Bergen is not only a beautiful city on the west coast of Norway but also the name of a new band from Italy.

The project took shape during 2012, when Nico and Alberto decided to merge their musical tastes and record their first EP.

The result was a melancholy dreamy pop with lighthearted rhythms, elegant sounds and surf choirs that travels beyond the Alps and reaches across Europe.

On january 3rd 2013, Bergen, sons of DIY, released this self-titled EP and will now continue their musical experiment between Padua and Glasgow.

I like Bergen…but right now I’ll put a wait-and-see tag on these guys.  Needs more jam.

Happy Thursday, thank you for listening/reading and maybe throw me a like on the Facebook machine.

Go with yourself.