after much anticipation, the week of the pitchfork music festival has finally arrived. whilst there has been much uncertainty leading up to this point, namely where we were going to stay, which i was sort of unofficially in charge of, things are looking up. it will be a stark contrast from last year when there were a lowly four people attending the festival (but dont get me wrong, we definitely partied like rock stars and had a killer weekend). this year, our core group is 8 strong, and there are numerous others that we plan on chillin/partying with throughout the weekend that are sure to make it one to remember. so, ive decided that while this weekend will feature an act each day who is performing that day at the festival, id like to spend the next few days looking back on some of the great acts we saw last year.

today, the focus is the illustrious m. ward. ironically, the song im featuring is one he did not even play last year. one i had been anticipating highly, but one that left me with musical blue balls. this is not to say that his performance was lacking, because it was excellent. another reason i chose todays song “to go home” is that its monday, which means that i probably want to go home right now. anyway, what do i like about this song? i like the driving beat. i like the ascending piano notes at the end of each phrase, and i like the wailing “home”s that later in the song overlay the aforementioned piano notes. this was the song that introduced me to m. ward and im glad i got to catch him in person.

m ward – to go home

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