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Ha! I bet you didn't think I was going to get around to posting the rest of this today, did you? Well, neither did I but in the end, I forced myself to do it because I would have been completely disappointed if I screwed up the entire schedule at the last minute. Because of this, half of these reviews are kind of half-assed. But I've also written about all of them to some extent before so that's partly to blame too. Anyway, I doubt most of you read my overly-long ramblings anyway so as long as the music follows, I guess that's all that matters.

And the winners are... )

And there you go! That's it! Now I can take a break for a couple of days before I get to work on gushing all over my first potential top twenty of 2010 when it comes out on Tuesday. Yes, you read that right, I'm already predicting what's going to make it onto this year's list. In fact, it's not even halfway through January and I've heard three albums already that I'm positive will be on it. I won't make some broad exclamation of album of the year yet because that's more than a little premature but, yeah, I'm pretty sure I've got 3/20 spots locked.
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Mew - No More Stories/Are Told Today... )

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So... I haven't posted anything here in quite a long time. Sorry about that. But I was in the mood to make a mix the other day so I'll share that. It doesn't really have a theme at all. Basically, the only thing these songs have in common is that a. I've been obsessed with them at some point in the past two or three months and b. I don't believe I've ever posted any of them here before. Other than that, they aren't really connected. I'm too lazy to upload the whole thing in one ZIP file so you don't have to listen to them in order if you don't want to (though I think it actually works extremely well as a whole) and you can pick and choose if you don't want/need every song. Enjoy. :)

And, oh yeah, I know it's sort of a "rule" not to have two songs by the same artist on one mix but whatever... I couldn't decide between the two and they both worked really well so I kept them. They are far enough apart that it doesn't seem like overkill. And anyway, they're both insanely good.

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I couldn't decide between two immensely beautiful songs so I'll just share both of them.

Jeniferever - Swimming Eyes



LYRICS )

I should have posted this one a long time ago but I was trying really hard not to post about them obsessively and possibly, as a result, make myself and everyone else sick of them. But it's been long enough since I last mentioned them now so I think it's safe. Anyway, this song is gorgeous. It's from their first album, Choose a Bright Morning, which didn't really hit me right away like Spring Tides did; it's been more of a grower but the songs are no less beautiful and sad. This one in particular has stuck out to me. The lyrics are very good and so heartbreaking, especially the first few lines. As is the norm with their songs, it starts off really sparse and slow before breaking out into a more energetic climax (though, in the instance of this song, it actually stays pretty mellow throughout). The back half of the song is definitely the best part of it and, for some reason, it reminds me of Blonde Redhead. I don't really know why. I think it's the high female accompanying vocals and the melody of the words makes me think of some of their songs too. But I don't even really like Blonde Redhead that much so, in my opinion, this is about a million times better. I would love Blonde Redhead if they sounded like the second half of this song. Also, the last few songs I posted by them were kind of buried in a link dump of random stuff I hadn't shared so if you haven't heard St. Gallen, you need that one in your life too. Seriously, I think that song and this one are among the most beautiful things I've ever heard
 

Edit: Okay, I was just listening to "St. Gallen" again and my God, it blows me away every time. So I feel like I have to post the lyrics to that too because it is so. good. The final lines. The part that's bolded. Oh my God. Makes me want to cry because of its beauty.

LYRICS )

Mew - Symmetry


(There are only three members currently but in all of the recent pictures I found, 2/3 of them have long, flowing locks and it freaks me out when guys have longer and prettier hair than I do. So this older picture will have to do instead. Anyway, this is an older song so it makes sense... just go with it.)

I haven't decided yet if I really like this band overall but this song is insanely pretty. The harmonizing is incredible and the two voices fit together so perfectly. And God... it's just beautiful. That's all I can say about it really. I was listening to the album it's on (Frengers) all the way through and nothing had really stuck out to me in the first few tracks but then I got to this song and listened to it four times before moving on to the next. And then the album suddenly started to sound a lot better from that point on. Funny how that happens, how one song can just grab you like that and make you see everything else that you had previously dismissed in a totally different light. And also, regarding those amazing harmonies, I should probably mention that the female half of them is a fourteen year old girl, which makes them even more impressive. Her voice actually does sound like a teenager's and not some diva twice her age but she's just got such an angelic, pure presence that she completely outshines the band's singer, Jonas. Which is pretty commendable as he's got a rather impressive high vocal range himself.

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