wgwb’s summer rewind pt.1
It’s about 52-degrees outside and this is about a week overdue. In the last week I’ve traveled to cities so vast and felt so insignificant. I’ve been denied employment and collected spare change. It’s been… interesting.
This summer saw this blog really take form and start to be something real, and so the music that has shaped it along the way holds a special place with me. There has been a lot of fuzz, some folk and more garage pop than I know what to do with.
Without further adieu here is part one of my summer rewind, I will be adding to it as the week progresses. Enjoy
mp3:
Washed Out – Feel It All Around
Washed Out – You’ll See It
Columbia, S.C. native Ernest Greene pumped out a plethora of summer jams that, while they do contain samples, are hands down some of the most infectious of the season. If you are sick of seeing the term ‘chill wave’ everywhere you can thank him and hipster runoff for coining the most overly blogged about genre-title in recent memory. Regardless of the hype, Washed Out delivers the goods and I have been hard pressed to get Life of Leisure out of my stereo.
mp3:
The Smith Westerns – Be My Girl
The Smith Westerns – Boys Are Fine
Young, young kids singing bubblegum garage pop. Be My Girl is as close to a perfect summer track as they get and the entire album is a refreshing slap in the face compared to the majority of the tragically congested “lo-fi/garage/trashcan” genre.
mp3:
Christians & Lions – Bird’s Milk
Christians & Lions – All My Dead Friends
I write about these guys a lot, and for good reason. Christians & Lions made their triumphant return this summer and with it released quite a wonderful little EP entitled Bird’s Milk. The title track is a simplistic tune propelled by ‘bah bah bah’s’ and some clever wordplay. Album opener “All My Dead Friends” utilizes the bare bone pairing of voice and guitar to perfection.
Also, be on the look out for Ben’s newest project, Girlfriends, a trashy garage pop kind of deal, that have put out some really great sounding demos already.
More to come, I promise…
