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Dec. 8th, 2009 10:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
urgencytobleedShocking, right? Anyway, there are two things to get to tonight!
First, She & Him will be releasing their second album, Volume Two, on March 23rd and it's probably my most anticipated album of next year so far. Volume One turned out to be one of the albums from last year that has stuck with me the longest (I still listen to it on at least a weekly basis) and I just go weak in the knees over all things Zooey Deschanel-related anyway so I am expecting big things from it. I mean, one of the songs features Tilly and the fucking Wall and, even though their last album didn't impress me as much as I had hoped it would, you can't really go wrong there. If anything, the track will be too cute to handle. Until an official cut from the album is released, enjoy a live performance of Lingering Still which I've loved ever since I first heard it and am very pleased will be given the proper studio treatment.
Second, I think everyone here knows how very in love with The Narrative I am. I was hoping they would release their debut album this year but it looks like we won't be seeing (or hearing, I suppose) it until sometime in 2010. Luckily, the EP they released last year, Just Say Yes, is gorgeous and those six songs have been tiding me over for more than a year now without getting stale. Seriously, if you don't have it yet, you should buy it, because it is not only awesome music but they are awesome people in general and still far too little-known and deserve all the support they can get. Anyway, the point of this is that they've just made the wait for a full-length a little easier by releasing a free cover of Brand New's "Tautou" for the masses to devour. Now, if you're a fan of Brand New (which I am not), you might find this a weird cover choice as it's really just an intro track that clocks in at under two minutes. But the Narrative have really transformed it; they've turned it into a four-minute near-epic and, though there are only two lyrical lines, it doesn't sound repetitive at all. It actually sounds perfect and like a completely new song. And a better song, if you want my very biased opinion. Take a listen for yourself.
First, She & Him will be releasing their second album, Volume Two, on March 23rd and it's probably my most anticipated album of next year so far. Volume One turned out to be one of the albums from last year that has stuck with me the longest (I still listen to it on at least a weekly basis) and I just go weak in the knees over all things Zooey Deschanel-related anyway so I am expecting big things from it. I mean, one of the songs features Tilly and the fucking Wall and, even though their last album didn't impress me as much as I had hoped it would, you can't really go wrong there. If anything, the track will be too cute to handle. Until an official cut from the album is released, enjoy a live performance of Lingering Still which I've loved ever since I first heard it and am very pleased will be given the proper studio treatment.
Second, I think everyone here knows how very in love with The Narrative I am. I was hoping they would release their debut album this year but it looks like we won't be seeing (or hearing, I suppose) it until sometime in 2010. Luckily, the EP they released last year, Just Say Yes, is gorgeous and those six songs have been tiding me over for more than a year now without getting stale. Seriously, if you don't have it yet, you should buy it, because it is not only awesome music but they are awesome people in general and still far too little-known and deserve all the support they can get. Anyway, the point of this is that they've just made the wait for a full-length a little easier by releasing a free cover of Brand New's "Tautou" for the masses to devour. Now, if you're a fan of Brand New (which I am not), you might find this a weird cover choice as it's really just an intro track that clocks in at under two minutes. But the Narrative have really transformed it; they've turned it into a four-minute near-epic and, though there are only two lyrical lines, it doesn't sound repetitive at all. It actually sounds perfect and like a completely new song. And a better song, if you want my very biased opinion. Take a listen for yourself.
