Lazy River Road: June 2011

Thursday, June 30, 2011

song of the day: june 30/2011

Hole - Doll Parts

Album: Live Through This [1994]

courtney love completely revamped hole before recording their second album, keeping only eric erlandson in the lineup. that is one of the reasons why "live through this" sounded so shockingly different from "pretty on the inside", but the real reason was love's desire to compete in the same commercial alternative rock arena as her husband, kurt cobain. in fact, many rumours claimed that cobain wrote a substantial chuck of the album (just as billy corgan wrote a lot of 1998's "celebrity skin"), and while that may be unlikely, there's no denying that his patented stop-start dynamics, bare chords, and punk-pop melodies provide the blueprint for the album. love adds her signature rage and feminist rhetoric to the formula, but the lyrics that truly resonate are the ones that unintentionally predicted cobain's suicide. for all the raw pain of the lyrics, "live through this" rarely sounds raw because of the shiny production. however, the album retains its power because it was one of the few records patterned on "nevermind" that got the formula right, with a set of gripping hooks and melodies stand strong even if they follow the predictable grunge pattern. with songs like "miss world" and "violet" in the mix, along with the fact the album was released only one week after cobain's suicide, this release was one of the more interesting of its time.

song of the day: june 29/2011

Wild Nothing - Chinatown

Album: Gemini [2010]

wild nothing's "chinatown" finds just the right mix of melancholy and urgency. the flute-like synths, rollicking percussion, and layered vocals on the chorus all shape an astral atmosphere, but there's an air of infinite possibility tangled in all the lushness. "we're not happy 'til we're running away," sings leader jack tatum, and the song makes the appeal of escape easy to understand.

song of the day: june 28/2011

Sufjan Stevens - The Dress Looks Nice on You (Live)

Album: Live @ Austin City Limits [2007]

a live version of "the dress looks nice on you" from sufjan's 2004 release, "seven swans". the album version is one of my favourite songs and this does more than give it justice. perfection!

song of the day: june 27/2011

Portland Cello Project - Hands in Pockets [Laura Gibson]

Album: Portland Cello Project [2008]

from the album titled and group name, one might assume this is a contemporary classical recording, which turns out to be partly correct, although it might be more accurate to describe the music as a hybrid of contemporary classical and indie pop. "hands in pockets" was written and sung by laura gibson. when she played it on daytrotter, she said that the song is about surviving the winter and other harsh seasons, and how we find ourselves stumbling towards (and sometimes away from) intimacy with another person.

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

song of the day: june 26/2011

Lior - Grey Ocean

Album: Autumn Flow [2006]

australia-based singer/songwriter lior released his first album, "autumn flow", in 2005. nominated for a handful of awards, as well being a voracious seller, lior's debut earned him a coveted spot in the 2005 womad festival, with which he visited the UK, singapore, and korea. hints of david gray and jeff buckley can be heard on this track, the last song on the album. the rolling drum beat, finger-picked guitar, and reverb-drenched vocals highlight the beginning of the song as it fades in like a fog. a murky atmosphere is created by lior's beautiful voice and dark, brooding lyrics. the israeli-born artist released his second album, "doorways of my mind" in 2006 which led to television spots and more critical acclaim. having said that, i'm having a hard time finding out much more information on him! nevertheless, a song worth downloading and listening to.

song of the day: june 25/2011

Jeff Buckley - Mojo Pin

Album: Grace [1994]

jeff buckley was many things, but humble wasn't one of them. "grace" is an audacious debut album, filled with sweeping choruses, bombastic arrangements, searching lyrics, and above all, the richly textured voice of buckley himself, which resembled a cross between robert plant, van morrison, and his father, tim buckley. that's a fair starting point for his music: "grace" sounds like a led zeppelin album written by an ambitious folkie with a fondness for lounge jazz. at his best - the soaring title track, "last goodbye", the mournful "lover, you should've come over", and "mojo pin" - buckley's grasp met his reach with startling results, especially for a debut. at its worse, grace is merely promising. a long hiatus followed as buckley worked on material for his follow-up effort, provisionally titled "my sweetheart, the drunk". he finally began work on the record in memphis during the late spring of 1997. on the night of may 29th, he and a friend traveled to a local harbor, where buckley spontaneously decided to go swimming in the mississippi river. he disappeared under the water and on june 4th, his body was finally found floating near the city's famed beale street area. he was 30 years old.

song of the day: june 24/2011

The Tragically Hip - As I Wind Down The Pines

Album: Music @ Work [2000]

a short little ditty that reminds me a lot of being at my cottage (aka "the pines"). the hip's later albums, beginning with this one, aren't nearly as impressive as their albums in the late 80's and throughout the 90's, but there are still some hidden gems. this may go down as one of their most stripped down efforts, containing only gord downie's beautiful voice (accompanied with harmonies), an acoustic guitar and sprinkled piano notes. tons of atmosphere and nostalgia from one of canada's best, beloved, and proudest bands.

Thursday, June 23, 2011

song of the day: june 23/2011

Album: Throwing Copper [1994]

one of the best hidden songs from one of the 90's most defining albums (depending on who you ask), "iris" is worthy of it's stature between two of the album's most memorable hits in "i alone" and "lightning crashes". even after countless listens over the past 17 years, one can still easily feel the same boundless charge that made it so endearing the first place. it's an album that has a style and swagger to it that never seems to wear out. the 90's were filled with talented bands swarming the popular music scene and songs filling the radio gave definition to a great decade for rock (especially the first half!). "throwing copper" comes as close as any other album in summing up those poignant years. lead singer ed kowalczyk's potent vocals give fiery life to lyrics already intense with emotion. songs often beginning as quiet, moving testimonies (seemingly ominous of some coming storm) build to hypnotic crescendos of heart-throbbing passion. there are virtually no throwaways either, and the cohesiveness of the album is remarkable, given the spectrum of musical styles, influences, and lyrical content. "lightning crashes", the album's obvious biggest hit, was written in memory of a classmate of kowalczyk's who was killed by a drunk driver. the list of standouts goes on on and on - the kurt cobain/courtney love-inspired "stage", the apocalyptic "white, discussion", the dark and chilling "dam at otter creek", the nostalgic "shit towne", and "t.b.d." (tibetan book of the dead), based on aldous huxley's slow decent into death. one might deem it a tad melodramatic, but the songwriting speaks for itself. virtually flawless and timeless.

song of the day: june 22/2011

Animal Collective - What Would I Want? Sky

Album: Fall Be Kind EP [2009]

this album's most appealing aspect (at least for those who jumped on the bandwagon after the group embraced big beats and shiny pop melodies) is that animal collective still sounds engagingly warm and extroverted in the wake of the highly acclaimed "merriweather post pavillon". this song - built around a much-hyped sample from the grateful dead's "unbroken chain" - is an infectiously laidback pop song, lathered in heaping doses of the group's characteristically noisy, improvisational strangeness. rather than heading back towards the fringes, animal collective has confirmed on "fall be kind" that it's a rare group capable of pushing itself creatively while simultaneously reaching out to greater numbers of people. ps. the song doesn't really start until just after the 3 minute mark.

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

song of the day: june 21/2011

Clint Mansell & The Kronos Quartet - Summer Overture

Album: Requiem for a Dream [2000]

darren aronofsky's second film, requiem for a dream, features a score from his "pi" collaborator, vocalist/guitarist clint mansell. this time, mansell blends his usual electronic/industrial leanings with brooding, evocative performances from the kronos quartet. as with pi, mansell's compositions play a large part in the movie, with is an adaptation of hubert selby's 1978 novel about the harrowing lives of four drug addicts. truly, it's one of the most mind and mood-altering films of the past 20 years, and mansell's score impressively manages to be appropriately dark and disturbing. as well as listenable. it's the furthest thing from a "summer song", but the song name fits. hellllllo summer!

song of the day: june 20/2011

Basia Bulat - The Pilgriming Vine

Album: Oh, My Darling [2007]

canadian singer/songwriter basia bulat became one of the indie world's most talk about newcomers with the release of her first full-length album, 2007's "oh, my darling". originally from toronto, bulat later resettled in london, ontario, where she recorded a self-released EP in 2005. her rich, expressive voice proved to be the ideal vehicle for her songs, which deal with love and life and a combination of sadness and wonder. her melodies were bolstered by a band that incorporated strings and keyboards along with the traditional drums and guitar. essentially, it's easygoing, friendly f0lk that borrows heavily from the chick-rock craze of the 1990's.

Monday, June 20, 2011

song of the day: june 19/2011

The Velvet Underground - After Hours

Album: The Velvet Underground [1969]

"the velvet underground", the group's self-titled third album, was the set where they most strongly diverged from the sound and style for which they were known, and its final track, "after hours", was unlike anything they had recorded before or since. from a band known for raw, noisy tributes to drugs and decadence, this album was a quiet contemplation of love, faith, and where one fits into the grand scheme of things. "after hours" was spare, witty, and utterly charming. with only lou reed's acoustic guitar for accompaniment, drummer maureen tucker sand the song, and her sweet, homey voice displayed a marked contrast to the minimalist authority of her percussion. a tribute to the joys of after-hours joints, tucker's girl-next-door voice lent the song something different (compared to reed), as it sounds like the words of a shy kid who finally got invited to a party and never wants to go home. having said that, it's dark as hell which helps to make it all the more amazing. like a lot of velvet underground, it was highly influential as well, and has been covered by the likes of blind melon and rilo kiley.

song of the day: june 18/2011

Bahamas - Lonely Loves

Album: Pink Strat [2009]

after making a name for himself as an indie rock sideman with feist, afie jurvanen strikes out on his own with "pink strat", the debut album from his solo project bahamas. with a sparse and contemplative blend of indie folk and alt-country, he opts to let his guitar and sleepy vocals do a lot of the heavy lifting, steering away from lush production in favour of a more intimate sound. this rawer sound, combined with his careful ear for melody and guitar abilities, helps set bahamas apart from the affable folk-pop of someone like jack johnson.

song of the day: june 17/2011

A Perfect Circle - 3 Libras

Album: Mer de Noms [2000]

a perfect circle is one of those bands that nobody realized was needed until it happened. a grand claim, perhaps, but there's little question that the addicting combination of maynard james keenan's aching voice and billy howerdel's accomplished songs and production skills made for one of 2000's best splashes in whatever was left of "modern rock". howerdel's earlier work with billy corgan makes perfect sense as a result, since the pumpkins regularly fused extreme theatricality of metal and goth just so, but the work here is no clone. his guitar work operates on setting the mood rather than driving everything before it, balancing sheer power with a textured approach that's quite beautiful. nine inch nails-inspired touches crop up in the distorted percussion of many songs. keenan's abilities in delivering on-the-edge emotional collapse had long been clear thanks to tool, and here, with a slightly different musical bed to carry things, he often holds back from the explosiveness, but it's still clearly him. compared to any tool song, the lyrical content on many of these songs are much more straight-forward ("3 libras" speaks of simply being ignored or passed over by a female subject) which is also a welcoming surprise.

Thursday, June 16, 2011

song of the day: june 16/2011

Japandroids - Young Hearts Spark Fire

Album: Post-Nothing [2009]

dedicated to all of the (mostly) young punks in vancouver setting fire to their city after their beloved canucks fell to the boston bruins in game 7 of the stanley cup final. written by vancouver's own japandroids, this is your anthem....idiots. "we used to dream, now we worry about dying...our hearts spark fire all night" reads like a microcosm of what transpired from the time the puck dropped until the riot squad got things under control.

song of the day: june 15/2011

Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come

Album: The Shape of Punk to Come [1998]

many who listen to this album witll say "hey, this isn't punk" after not finding the power chords and structures that they associate with poppy skatepunk bands like nofx and lagwagon, but this is what revolution is all about - taking an industry of specifications and expectations and turning it fully on its head, yet holding on to some semblance of what once was. refused are pure innovation and passion here, with ambient textures, jazz breakdowns, and other such deviations. choppy, beautiful moments, choked thoughts, and feelings of elevation - this is what punk was all about, although to the common ear it may not sound like it, and that is precisely one of the reasons why it's so effective. simply put, one of the most ambitious and forward-thinking albums of the 90's.

song of the day: june 14/2011

LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends

Album: Sound of Silver [2007]

"fidgety piano chords played with clunky imprecision, a tickling rhythm section, and an opening line worthy of a great novel - so begins our favourite song of 2007. like most of lcd soundsystem's future "best of" candidates, "all my friends" starts out handling like a rickety shopping cart and ends up blazing like a house fire. what's special about this one is the story that plays out in between; where james murphy used to take perverse pleasure in making up his lyrics on the spot, this is proof that he's too sharp a writer to leave his words to chance. "all my friends" is about a lot of things - guilt, drugs, the weight of expectation - but mostly, it's about aging, about how the template for growing older is melting away, and about what decisions we make for ourselves in light of such lowered expectations. this is a song about building a compass, and for murphy, that journey not only starts with his friends: it ends there, too." - mark pytlik, pitchfork media [2007]

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

song of the day: june 13/2011

Bjork - Hyperballad

Album: Post [1995]

after the success of "debut", the pressure was on bjork to surpass that album's creative, mesmerizing electronic pop. she more than delivered with 1995's "post"; from the menacing opening "army of me", it's clear that this album was not the second coming of "debut". the songs' production and arrangements all aim for, and accomplish, more. the album features lots of different producers, who helped bjork incorporate a spectrum of electronic and orchestral styles into songs like "hyperballad". as for the song's meaning, the notion of bjork singing about throwing things off a cliff can be viewed in many ways, but it seems as though it is her way of sublimating destructive impulses, including those that are self-destructive. there is tons of imagery and reflection involved as well, and the listener can easily picture bjork getting up early to revel in the beautiful view of ocean waves crashing against the cliff walls. the morning ritual described is a way for her to act out and still be in touch with her anger and destructiveness so that she can feel okay returning to the stability, sweetness, or gentleness of a relationship. bjork finds new ways of expressing timeworn emotions like love, lust, and yearning in abstractly precise lyrics, and "post"s emotional peaks and valleys are more extreme than "debut"s. it's the work of a constantly changing artist, and post proves that as bjork moves toward more ambitious, complex music, she usually surpasses herself.

Monday, June 13, 2011

song of the day: june 12/2011

The Stranglers - Golden Brown

Album: Feline [1983]

driven by the lifting harpischord patterns rendered in 13/8 time and a muted but bouncy bass line played through a sort of faux organ, "golden brown" evokes an exquisite sound. the song's jazzy backing vibe is convincingly contributed by drummer jet black, who formerly gigged as a jazz player. nearly two minutes in, guitarist hugh cornwell appears with one of his most poignant bits of guitar work - a tasteful solo using haunting reverb. lyrically, the song references heroin use and cornwell's mediterranean girlfriend of the time. "golden brown" ended up being the band's greatest commercial success, and was provided with a brand new listening audience after it was featured in the 2000 movie "snatch".

song of the day: june 11/2011

Rusty - Doin' Fine

Album: Sophomoric [1997]

toronto-based 90's alternative rock at it's finest, rusty will be reuniting for this years nxne festival, so why not get excited by featuring this song, the opening track on their second album. this album doesn't hit you as hard as their debut, the wonderful "fluke", but vocalist ken mcneil's scratchy singing voice and harmonizing is stronger, albeit a little less energetic. even though the sledgehammer angst that highlighted "fluke" has faded, there is tons of passion within the songs. and, where fluke was written more in the second-person, "sophomoric" leans towards the first-person, with rusty seemingly delving into their own inner experiences, especially in "walk you home", "doin' fine", and "empty cell". the cowboy hats they don on the cover aren't just a trendy fashion statement either - you can hear a bit of country twang lining the album. for the most part, it's just straight up rock 'n roll and it's good to have them back, even just for the weekend.

Thursday, June 9, 2011

song of the day: june 10/2011

Blind Melon - St. Andrew's Fall

Album: Soup [1995]

most 90's rock bands who enjoyed massive breakthrough success with their debut album seemed to follow it up with an effort similarly styled to its predecessor, hence guaranteeing repeat success. this proved not to be the case with blind melon. it appreared as though the band rejected the jovial spirit of "no rain" and focused on much darker material for their follow-up, "soup". while it did not match the commercial success of the debut, "soup" proved to be a challenging, gripping record that is just as strong and easily more rewarding. shannon hoon was in the throes of drug addictions (which would prove fatal only two months after the album's release), and his experience of a drug detox is clearly detailed in the zeppelin-esque "2X4". hoon's lyrics often examined his growing sense of mortality, as evidenced in "the duke", "st. andrews's fall" and "car seat", while other tracks were mildly optimistic and hopeful ("walk", "new life"). "st. andrews fall" contains three separate parts, with the last providing the most brilliance. after a whirling climax, the song cuts to hoon and his guitar at their most stripped and honest - "and i can't tell you how many ways that i've sat and viewed my life today / but i can tell you, i don't think that i can find an easy way / so if i see you walking hand-in-hand-in hand with a three-armed man, you know i'd understand / but you should've been in my shoes yesterday." the rest of the instruments including strings and horns chime in as one for a stunning outro. this album deserved to be another big hit, but due to MTV and radio's abrupt abandonment of the band, harsh reviews from close-minded critics (rolling stone), and worst of all, hoon's untimely death mid-tour, all hopes of the album receiving the attention it deserved were extinguished. "soup" is arguably the most underrated and overlooked great rock ablums of the 90's, and one can only dream of what they could've accomplished had they been able to put out more than two actual albums.

song of the day: june 9/2011

Soundgarden - Ty Cobb

Album: Down on the Upside [1996]

"superunknown" was a breakthrough in many ways. not only did the album bring soundgarden a new audience, it dramatically expanded their vision, as well as their accomplishments. if "down on the upside" initially seemed like a retreat from the grand, layered textures of "superunknown", you just had to let it sink in. the sound of this album was certainly more immediate, but the band didn't return to the monstrous, unfocused wailing of their early material. instead, they retained their ambitious song structures, fabulous guitar textures, and winding melodies without dressing them up with detailed production. all in all, it's a deceptive album - it might seem like nothing more than heavy metal and grunge, but a closer listen revealed that soundgarden hadn't tempered their ambitions at all. songs like "pretty noose", "ty cobb", "burden in my hand", and "blow up the outside world", are as classic as anything they ever did, while the album's less power-driven songs ("zero chance", "boot camp") and the sludgy prog rockers ("overfloater", "tighter and tighter") make it as solid from start to finish as anything they ever released. "ty cobb" was originally titled "hot rod death toll" but was renamed after the legendary baseball player whose aggressive style and general nastiness fit the personality of the song.

song of the day: june 8/2011

The Walkmen - The Rat

Album: Bows + Arrows [2004]

the members of the walkmen grew up together in the washington, D.C. area and have played in the same bands since the fifth grade. perhaps the only way the group could be any closer is if they were all related. they made a conscious attempt to evolve away from the raw, fiery garage sounds of their previous bands (jonathan fire*eater and the recoys) by incorporating piano, and experimenting with instrumentation and recording techniques. influenced by such diverse bands as the pogues, joy division, bruce springsteen, bjork, and the smiths, their new music had favorably been compared to pixies and the velvet underground. in 2002, the walkmen made their proper full-length debut with "everyone who pretended to like me is gone", and was a favourite among indie crowds and paved the way for their first world tour. "bows + arrows", the band's first for warner bros.' record label, appeared two years later, and certainly didn't sound like your typical major-label debut. although it was tighter and more polished than their first album, any worries about restraints on the band's creativity were dismissed by the first eerie-yet-warm strains of its opening track, "what's in it for me". the organs and keyboards on this gentle prologue and some of the album's other interludes glow like streetlights reflected on rain-covered pavement. "bows + arrows" fused tons of energy into songs that are equally noisy, dreamy, angry, and romantic. though even their loudest songs still have a foggy distance to them, the album includes several tracks that rock much harder than anything they've done before or since. "the rat" is a fine example, as the band sounds joyfully pissed-off throughout. personally i'm a bigger fan of their 2008 album, "you & me", but this song is immediately flooring and has been considered by many online music publications as one of the best songs of the 2000's.

song of the day: june 7/2011

Stars - Your Ex-Lover is Dead

Album: Set Yourself on Fire [2004]

a hit and miss album where nothing's just indie pop and string arrangements sound as perfect as the keyboards. vocalists torquil campbell and amy millan enunciate every word with careful precision, and they sing of remembered high-school romances, dead ex-lovers, and drunk current ones in basic but powerful language. it's a twenty-something life, told in short story form. in the opener (and best track), "your ex-lover is dead", campbell and millan's characters speak of ending a relationship while driving around montreal. they don't rekindle their bond, but they don't apologize for its end either. the song structure is stunning, highlighted by the string arrangement. the song takes an epic turn when the vocalists harmonize "i'm not sorry i met you / i'm not sorry it's over / i'm not sorry there's nothing to save", as the song's strings and brass build to a surging and brilliant outro that acts as the wordless acknowledgement of everything they had....and it's fantastic.

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

song of the day: june 6/2011

Arcade Fire - Modern Man

Album: The Suburbs [2010]

in my opinion, one of the best songs from 2010 coming from perhaps the years' best album.

arcade fire successfully avoided the sophomore slump with 2007's moody "neon bible", though it was more uncertain than their near perfect debut, "funeral". having already fled the cold comforts of suburbia on "funeral" and suffered beneath the weight of the world on "neon bible", the band found peace in their past, and translated it perfectly on the nostalgia of "the suburbs". inspired by brothers win and william butler's suburban houston upbringing, the 16-track record plays out like a long lost summer weekend, with the title track serving as its bookends. carefully paced and conservatively grand, fans looking for the instant gratification of past anthems like "wake up" will find themselves reluctantly defending the album upon first listen, but anyone who remembers excitedly jumping into a friend's car on a friday night armed wit hope and no agenda knows that patience is key. multiple spins reveal a work that is as triumphant and soul-touching as it is sentimental and mature. at it's most spirited ("ready to start", "city with no children", "month of may", "sprawl II", "we used to wait"), the band makes the suburbs feel positively electric. quieter moments reveal a changing of the guard that create a very present atmosphere. the fact that they were able to make an album that can arguably stand beside "funeral" is impressive enough, and it may be their album that ages the best.

song of the day: june 5/2011

Stereophonics - Maybe Tomorrow

Album: You Gotta Go There to Come Back [2003]

frontman kelly jones was still licking some serious wounds due to the breakup of his 12-year relationship with his girlfriend and a fallout with his best friend. the band's 2001 release, "just enough education to perform", briefly touched upon his broken heart; however, jones' darkest period came later as the band played countless sold-out gigs across europe through late 2001 and 2002. he found himself personally and professionally isolated - emotionally disant and creatively exhausted. however, the fire that made this band a major force in the post-grundge english scene still burned, and stereophonics fourth album, "you gotta go there to come back" captures his soulful journey. the lyrics on "maybe tomorrow" read like something elliott smith would write on any given day. solid track.

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

song of the day: june 4/2011

Van Morrison - Into the Mystic

Album: Moondance [1970]

"into the mystic" was originally released as the last song one of van morrison's third album, "moondance", in february 1970. it was a very different record than its predecessor, "astral weeks", which had been dominated by meditations on his youth in belfast and contained an unusual musical scope that combined elements of folk, blues, jazz, and classical music. by the time of "astral weeks", morrison had moved from new york city to rural woodsock, NY, and organized his own backup band, which played on moondance. the new album was filled with the pleasures he had recently enjoyed, as well as his domestic harmony with wife janet plantet. the exception was the ethereal "into the mystic", the only song on the album that might have fit on astral weeks. the song has an easy groove, beginning with acoustic guitar and including isolated horn and string charts, as morrison evokes a sailor's pledge to come home from the sea to his lover. one of his best.

song of the day: june 3/2011

Mount Eerie - Moon Sequel

Album: Dawn [2009]

after the release of the microphones' 2003 album "mount eerie", washington state songwriter/producer phil elverum took the title as the name of his subsequent project, which expanded on the searching feel of the microphones' music. in 2004, he founded the label "p.w. elverum and son" and has since released six albums. this song shows the spare, somber, introspective side of mount eerie, with just the barest hints of acoustic guitar.

song of the day: june 2/2011

Vetiver - Worse for Wear

Album: The Errant Charm [2011]

a new song from the wonderful entity that is vetiver. in the same way that their song "rolling sea" made you want to sail on the water, "worse for wear" will make you want to fly.

Thursday, June 2, 2011

song of the day: june 1/2011

Nada Surf - Happy Kid

Album: Let Go [2002]

just getting into these guys now after only knowing their song "popular" and their cover of the pixies "where is my mind" over the course of the last 15 years. this album was released after years of hibernation and showed that nada surf refused to quietly fade away into gimmick-enforced exile. by putting their faith into their own pop songwriting instincts, the group stripped away lots of excess noise and layers of preconceived notions to unveil both soft-spoken charm and newfound confidence. "let go" seemed to mark a new beginning for nada surf, who have since released three albums and own a decent following, despite their general status as a one-hit wonder.

song of the day: may 31/2011

Jason Collett - Almost Summer

Album: Idols of Exile [2005]

a feel-good song for this time of year, the title says it all. "it's almost summer, yeahhh".

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