I've been slacking a good bit recently in most everything school related so sadly my blog posts have suffered significantly. I intend to stop this now. Yesterday I went to a concert in Atlanta that definitely warrants some sort of discussion so here it goes. I saw The Morning Benders play at the Drunken Unicorn. It was one of the better shows that I have seen recently (considering I haven't been to a show in quite some time. . . my previous post about Royal Bangs and Surfer Blood was premature and I ended up not going to either show. Money troubles). Anyways, enough with the parentheticals. The Morning Benders just released a new album last week entitled
Big Echo. It is a big step forward for the band musically. I have one of their previous albums and the change is evident from the opening track. This change may have stemmed from the co-producer of their latest album, Chris Taylor. If that name isn't ringing any bells, Chris is the bass player for indie favorites Grizzly Bear (if you don't know who they are, do yourself a favor and buy all their music. . . seriously. Just do it).
A good friend of mine Cody, who is one of the folks that went to the concert with me, first turned me onto the band by showing me this fantastic video of the band playing this live version of their song "Excuses" with a bunch of their musician friends in San Francisco.
For anyone interested in any of their other songs here is the second track off Big Echo called "Promises":
Also, I am going to try and be a little more consistent with the blog from now on. Everyone could use a little more awkwardness in their life.
1 comments:
I actually looked at the video. Good stuff. Where are they from? When you write about bands, maybe you could do more of a critique of their music, in addition to giving history. Why are they fantastic? How are they different/better? How do they fit into the overall scheme of things in contemporary music, etc?
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