Adventures In Solitude

Remember the band with the song that Natalie Portman said would change your life? After 5 years, they’re finally back. And they’re as good as before, if not better, with this lovely, pop-rock jam called The Simple Song. It simply is great. And it gets better with every listen (at least for me). I can totally imagine jamming to this in a big arena-like place with my cringeworthy air-guitar skills. Speaking of, the guitar riffs here are sick! Welcome back Mr Mercer and gang. Check The Simple Song out below.

The Simple Song is from their forthcoming album Port of Morrow, out March 20 2012.

The hipster within (deep deep within me) is secretly attracted to hipster guy in singlet walking with a sense of purpose, down the streets and onto the railway tracks. Romantic fantasy of course ends near the end of the video where they’re ripping apart and eating something bloody. I’m just gonna pretend it’s cooked pork belly cause I keep thinking of it…

Anyway, the song’s pretty cool as well. Good to chill to at 2.30am and maybe even at 2.30pm. Check Supreme Cuts out. They have a lot of rad (hipster within me using hipster language) tracks.

It’s been a VERY long while since I’ve filled this space. I blame the lethal combination of laziness and a journalism internship.

But anyway, as I was walking home today, feeling as though my uterus was about to drop for some reason (too much info I know but I have to vent somewhere, and laziness is preventing me from doing on my 5 other social media outlets), I wanted desperately to listen to a band I haven’t listened to in a while, The Chairs.

I remember when I first got a hold of their November EP back in 2008, kI fell in love with lead singer Alex Schaff’s voice and their ability to write and arrange such beautiful melodies.

And miraculously, when I got back home I saw sessions that Yellow Ostrich (which is another project by Alex Schaff)  did with KEPX radio on my youtube subscription list.

I remember giving a listen to Yellow Ostrich a while back but I think I dismissed it at the time because it felt too lo-fi- something, which The Chairs wasn’t.

But after watching the videos, the sound of Yellow Ostrich, at least in my opinion, has really developed. It still has that lo-fi sound but it does not dominate. AND I still love Alex Schaff’s vocals. Still resonates in a way that it did with The Chairs.

The song Whales is awesome. With the lovely guitar and the percussion that provide a very strong accompaniment to the song. The melody, especially, is awesome.

Fail whale, it is not. (Lame, I know).

Yellow Ostrich – Whale mp3

Go over to Yellow Ostrich’s Bandcamp and download all/most of his albums for free if you want. (or you can pay).

I’m absolutely digging this track by Young the Giant. I remember listening to this the first time when I was still in the US and then I realised that they were heading down to San Francisco the day I was leaving!! (randomfact101).

Anyway My Body is just an awesome rock track. It’s one of them tracks that I would love to listen to in a arena/stadium and just sing along like I’m the biggest fan girl in the world. I’m not always a fan of the big, ambitious, anthemic rock track but this one I can’t help but love.

I Got on the other hand is a less upbeat but equally feel good song. This one you want to put on repeat all night and while the hours away in your room.

Young the Giant- My Body:

Young the Giant- I Got:

Young the Giant – My Body mp3

Young the Giant – I Got mp3

Also, check out this cool take away video session of I Got!

Young the Giant is set to release their self-titled debut album digitally October 26 via Roadrunner Records.