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As you may have noticed, it's winter, and the year's wrapping up. Accordingly, we've been up to all sorts of wintery and year-wrapping kinds of activities: cancelling shows due to weather, going to concerts, drinking lots of tea and playing Wii.
The main thing we've been up to, however, is writing a ton-load of acoustic music. I think we're definitely following the time-honored tradition of bands bouncing from extreme to extreme on subsequent records in order to keep things fresh and interesting. We see the connection between these records, but who knows if anyone else will. So, as we prepare to officaly release "You Can Know Danger" with its loud guitars and madman drums, we're sitting at home writing acoustic music, much of which features no percussion of any kind. We're loving the heck out of it though, and based on the limited reactions we've been privy to from audiences and friends this far, it seems like everyone else might, too. It's funny how unplugging makes thinsg so much more accessible for people. As our friend suggested, this is our "Jar of Flies."
Being music obsessives, we're all taking stock of the past year in music. I think it was the best one we've had in a while. I have been posting some best-of lists on a group blog called 123Jamboree! I contribute to with a few friends and a bunch of strangers. Have a peek around if so inclined.
December is a great month for live music. We went as band to see Joanna Newsom, who made us cry, laugh and swoon. We're going to Akron/Family this weekend, which is always an exciting prospect. But most of all, I'm ecstatic about seeing Chavez on San Francisco later this month. The seemingly spontaneous resurgence in that amazing band's unfortunately limited catalogue is a source of great joy. We always felt that we were the only people out there who really knew Chavez, and were baffled about how a record as canonical to us as "Ride the Fader" was could go ignored by the general public. We felt like they were one of the great forgotten bands of the 90s. and based on the this entertaining interview with the band on Pitchfork, it seems like they kind of felt that way, too. Not in a woe-is-me way, but in a great we-just-did-our-thing kind of way.
I'm feeling good about music right now. Let's hear it for ears!
I hope everyone enjoys the end of their year. We're coming after you in 2007!
Cary
The main thing we've been up to, however, is writing a ton-load of acoustic music. I think we're definitely following the time-honored tradition of bands bouncing from extreme to extreme on subsequent records in order to keep things fresh and interesting. We see the connection between these records, but who knows if anyone else will. So, as we prepare to officaly release "You Can Know Danger" with its loud guitars and madman drums, we're sitting at home writing acoustic music, much of which features no percussion of any kind. We're loving the heck out of it though, and based on the limited reactions we've been privy to from audiences and friends this far, it seems like everyone else might, too. It's funny how unplugging makes thinsg so much more accessible for people. As our friend suggested, this is our "Jar of Flies."
Being music obsessives, we're all taking stock of the past year in music. I think it was the best one we've had in a while. I have been posting some best-of lists on a group blog called 123Jamboree! I contribute to with a few friends and a bunch of strangers. Have a peek around if so inclined.
December is a great month for live music. We went as band to see Joanna Newsom, who made us cry, laugh and swoon. We're going to Akron/Family this weekend, which is always an exciting prospect. But most of all, I'm ecstatic about seeing Chavez on San Francisco later this month. The seemingly spontaneous resurgence in that amazing band's unfortunately limited catalogue is a source of great joy. We always felt that we were the only people out there who really knew Chavez, and were baffled about how a record as canonical to us as "Ride the Fader" was could go ignored by the general public. We felt like they were one of the great forgotten bands of the 90s. and based on the this entertaining interview with the band on Pitchfork, it seems like they kind of felt that way, too. Not in a woe-is-me way, but in a great we-just-did-our-thing kind of way.
I'm feeling good about music right now. Let's hear it for ears!
I hope everyone enjoys the end of their year. We're coming after you in 2007!
Cary
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