Songs That Might Otherwise Pass You By

British Sea Power, "Atom"

There's something very energizing about this song. It makes me want to sing along and perhaps pour beer on a crowd of people...preferably people I know who might be annoyed by my action, but won't beat me up and/or kill me. It makes me feel like people who really like sports must feel when their team wins a really big game. I feel really celebratory. Perhaps like Britain felt during the height of their sea power? Anyhow, I first heard about British Sea Power many many years ago when I became obsessed with their song "Childhood Memories" (video). Seriously, I played that song hundreds of times. I don't remember ever writing about it. I think it might've been one of the songs that was the impetus for me starting an mp3 blog.

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The members of British Sea Power are proud, like their name would imply.

Henry Morgans Solokarriar, "Faces From My Hometown"

He sounds a little like Bright Eyes, but I can forgive it in this case. The song itself flows so well--I love the melody and the spry keyboards and guitar--the music is so clean and uncluttered. As someone who lives in clutter, I'm especially appreciative of this song's lack of incumberance.

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The lone member of Henry Morgans Solokarriar

Pinback, "Walters"

Their name implies that they're death metal spawned from the depths of a horror film night, but they're not. This song is actually extremely laid back. It's folk music with a fuzzed-out guitar (my favorite kind of guitar). I guess you could call it Freak Folk without a whole lot of freak, and not really a whole lot of folk, either. It floats somewhere in between these descriptions, much like the title character floats 3 miles above in his lawn chair. Yes, that's what I typed.

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I guess if the pins are in their back, we wouldn't see them in this picture.

Bonus!!

Victims of Science, "The Device Has Been Modified"

I don't really know where this song came from, but Jonathan Coulton linked to it on his blog. I can't find any information on the band (person?), but JoCo seems to imply that the person who made it is the same person who uploaded it, so I feel pretty safe linking to it, also.

PROJECT!!

Remember how I posted a Brad Sucks song last week? Yeah, I think he's awesome, too. Anyway, he's giving anyone who has a microphone and a computer the chance to sing backup on a new song of his. I should have time to do it tomorrow, and as most of you know, I'm not hesitant to try to get myself on podcasts/web blogs or anywhere I can feel sort of famous for a minute. To make it easier (I wouldn't be able to do it without these), he's provided the lyrics for us.

Podcast sometime tomorrow!!!