New Music
Picked up a couple of debut album's yesterday, Straylight Run (self titled) and Denver Harbor (Scenic). Didn't know the Denver Harbor CD was coming out already, but I saw it was listed on the iTunes Music Store. Then when I got to Best Buy, they had it for a mere $7 so I had to get it. Denver Harbor features 2 members (including the singer) from a band called Fenix TX that Mike introduced me to freshman year but they broke up a year ago or so. Their one "mainstream" appearance was their song Phoebe Cates included on the American Pie 2 soundtrack. Anyway, the Denver Harbor CD is a good CD, definitely very similar to some of the heavier Fenix Tx songs such as Ben.
Not much needs to be said about the Straylight Run album, it is amazingly beautiful. My one gripe with it is the first song, The Perfect Ending. Even from the name you might question why it's the first track. Even aside from that the song is waaaaaay to slow to be the first track, so I pretty much always start on track 2, The Tension and the Terror. Don't get me wrong, The Perfect Ending is a good song, though it has taken some time to grow on me, but it really should have been the last song on the album.
Mike put up a couple Straylight songs from an acoustic radio performance which I highly recommend you
download.
In addition to those albums Sarah brought me a couple movie soundtracks, namely Garden State and Napoleon Dynamite. Both were great movies, and have equally great soundtracks. The Napoleon CD is worth it just for the audio clips from the movie, including the greatest pickup line ever:
I see you're drinking one percent, is that because you think you're fat? (pause) Because you're not, you could be drinking whole if you wanted to.
Posted by Jason at October 13, 2004 10:19 PM