Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Summer of Sam (Famolaro) OST: Track #8

Art House Director
by Broken Social Scene
Forgiveness Rock Record (2010)






Oh boy...
I've been holding back on this one 
since i started this summer playlist.


Even before my hair-brained idea to create my summer playlist,
I was thinking about discussing this new album
And with the possible exception of Gorillaz' Plastic Beach,
I don't think I've listened to another album more than Forgiveness Rock Record.


Art House Director features many of the signatures 
found in songs that I tend to enjoy.
- Huge Vocals
- Hook-laden Choruses
- Creative Verse Structure


and of course....
a Killer Horn Section.


I was talking to this guy at work 
who was asking me what I've been listening to lately.
I told him I'd been listening to alotta Broken Social Scene
& momentarily, he looked at me like I had a third eye (blind)
before saying he has no idea who they were, but I should check
out the new Keane album.


In my younger, more "agro" days, 
I would have gone off for 25 minutes on why Keane should be 
systematically broken down & sold on the black market
in exchange for small amounts of yellow cake uranium.




...I guess we all mellow out as we get older.


"Art House Director" - Broken Social Scene [download]

Monday, June 7, 2010

Summer of Sam (Famolaro) OST: Track #7

Local Joke
by Neon Indian
Psychic Chasms LP (2009)






Sorry about the break in the action.
New job started last week & i'm just starting
to settle back into a comfortable rhythm.


This song is kinda hard to escape in the new apartment.
...Not that I'm complaining, this song is fiery.


First off, Neon Indian snuck up on me.
I actually owned the entire album for a few months
 before i ever got any farther than Deadbeat Summer
or Should Have Taken Acid With You [link].
But Psychic Chasms is mine field of pop gems,
just waiting to get stuck in your head all day.
Local Joke is probably the tightest track on the record,
it's short & sparkling & over too soon. 




...like a sparkler!




Really, Sparklers are like the 
"Fun-Size Candy Bars" of the firework world.
They're small & surprisingly satisfying
plus, you get a whole bunch in a pack.


Psychic Chasms is like a pack of sparklers.
It's short & entertaining & sparkling
and, even though it's over before it begins,
you can just light another one up & start over again.


Local Joke - Neon Indian [mediafire]