With the week in New Releases being slow, I don’t have anything new to talk about this morning; instead, I’ll talk about what’s been on my mind, and certainly the minds of others recently: winter. I’ve had to brush my car off each morning before work, and evening after work all week. (I was off last week, but I had to brush it off then as well.) It sucks.
With that in mind, I figured I’d send out some wintry vibes this morning – no Snow Patrol or Miike Snow since those are too easy, but I’m hopeful there are a couple of things that might be new.
Further Seems Forever – Snowbirds and Townies (mp3) from The Moon is Down
This was Chris Carrabba before Dashboard Confessional. He doesn’t sound entirely different from what Dashboard has recently become, but he’s far more popular with the tweens now than he was back then. Further Seems Forever tried to keep going without him – in fact, maybe they still are trying – but that hasn’t worked out so well to my knowledge.
Joshua Radin – Winter (mp3) from First Between 3rd & 4th
After hearing it on the saddest Scrubs episode ever (Season 3, when Jordan’s brother dies), Joshua Radin’s website contained a link to this song, and that was pretty much it. And I downloaded it, and burned it onto a CD twenty times in a row. That was undoubtedly excessive; I think I made it through 5 at once before I couldn’t handle it anymore. I still don’t listen to it much; it’s still upsetting.
Josh Rouse – Snowfall (mp3) from Country Mouse Companion
This instrumental is best when you don’t have to go back out into the weather and can just watch the accumulation pile up on your car, yard, street. You know, the times when it actually looks nice when it’s snowing, and it’s not a complete pain in the ass.
