Posts tagged with land of talk
before we get to todays song by land of talk, did everyone enjoy their pre-halloweekend? i know i sure did. hit up a few halloween parties on friday and saturday night attended detroits craziest halloween party in the history of the world, theatre bizarre. although at the time im writing this that hasnt yet happened, so i guess i cant really say for sure if it was awesome, but im hoping that it will be, despite being pretty chilly and whatnot [edit:it far surpassed any expectations that i tried not to have]. fortunately im going as patrick bateman from american psycho, more specifically as this facet of patrick bateman, which means im able to wear some leather gloves without comprimising the integrity of my costume.
on to the music. ive featured montreal group land of talk here before, but today we’ve got a newer song that im really digging. “may you never” is a track off their “fun and laughter” ep released a few weeks back and i cant help but love the abstract sounding intro kicking into the beat. and the fact that i love songs with fake endings doesnt hurt either (a la my morning jackets “touch me im going to scream pt II). something neat i just learned was that lead singer elizabeth powell is also the guitar player and is responsible for the little guitar solo you hear halfway through. i like rocker chicks.
land of talk – may you never
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before i present todays song, “some are lakes” by land of talk, let me explain why today is not the traditional post festival recap monday. as you are reading this, i am most likely making the trek from chicago up to beautiful and secluded frankfurt, michigan for a week of (pimped out) cabin fun in the sun with 10-15 excellent peoples. we have a big ole place to stay (right on a lake i might add) and will be doing such awesome things as relaxing, partying, being lazy, eating delicious foods, tubing down the river, and going on a winery tour. basically an awesome week of summer activities immediately following an awesome weekend of summer music fest action. since we likely will only have a dial up internet connection which i dont really trust these days (remember when everyone had dial up? that was weird), im going to present to you 6 excellent summer tunes this week, and next week ill follow up with my lollapalooza recap. and just wait for the saturday throwback song. its a real doozie, provided i am able to find an mp3 of it which is in serious doubt at this point.
the first song is kind of a literal interpretation of an awesome summer song. at first i even thought the name of the song was “summer lakes” and as everyone knows, i love summer lakes even though i have yet to be in a lake this summer, and the only time i was even in a pool was at night. summerfuninthesunFAIL. to be fair we havent had the best weather. anyway, the song is not called summer lakes, but even so, its got a super laid back summer fun feel, and it talks of summer love. although im a little confused about the reference to bovine eyes. is this a tale of summer love told through the eyes of elsie the borden cow? i dont know, but its a perfect track for sitting out in the hot hot sun with a clear beautiful lake staring you in the face.
land of talk – some are lakes
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