Whenever I discover a band that already have several albums which I have not heard before, I like to start at the beginning with their very first album. I like to absorb the album as if I am hearing it at the time of its release. Once I know the album, know the songs, know which song will play next and which songs are my favourites, only then will I move on to their next album and the process begins again. I am the same with films, If I see a film by a director or writer whose work I have never seen before I get slightly irritated that I am not seeing their work in chronological order. Weird, I know.
Anywho, having listened to Declare A New State! almost everyday for a week I feel that I know the album pretty well (and I am ready to move on to Honeysuckle Weeks. Yay!) My favourite song from the album is a little ditty called This Conversation. It is not exactly one of the album's happiest songs and fairly short at 2 minutes 50 seconds, but I think it is beautiful and you should all listen to it right now:
that is a truly great song - really love the sound of this band - going to check them out more - thanks for writing about them - great blog btw (...found it via hipstermusings)
ReplyDeleteGoing to check them out. Your review of them got me interested. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteOh Wow, I just got invited to see them play at a record store. My friend just handed me their new album and was like your coming! :D It has made me very happy! They remind of a lot of mates of state. If you haven't already heard them, you need to! I think their first album released was "Our Constant Concern"...but you may want to research it as I know they also had EPs floating around :D
ReplyDeleteThe submarines are awesome! They're such a cute band. I love Declare a new state.
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