This week I'm gonna start with You Say Party! (formally You Say Party! We Say Die!). In the past few months this group have faced a bunch of ups and downs. In late 2009 they released their most recent album XXXX and began touring Canada. Towards the end of the tour in their native Vancouver the drummer, Devon Clifford, collapsed on stage during the band's set and later passed away. They then took some time for themselves and with in the past two weeks announced that they will be back and will be touring. On June 22, 2010, the band announced that they are officially dropping "We Say Die" from their name, presumably out of respect for Clifford. It was also announced that Krista Loewen has left the band, while Robert Andow and Bobby Siadat of Vancouver band Gang Violence have joined, taking over keyboards and drums respectively. I'm glad that they're back, I've really enjoyed this album. One of my favorites is Cosmic Wanship Avengers but I'll leave you with this great video. Enjoy!
I recently got a mixed cd and this next song was one of the many on the cd. I immediately fell in love and needed to know who it was by. It turns out it was by Yeasayer and the song was called Tightrope. I really enjoy the lead singers singing style on this song and really enjoy to jam along to the guitar and drums. I'm excited to look more into this bands catalog.
Next up is Fences (Christopher Mansfield) with My Girl the Horse, this is a great folk/indie song. I came across this song while researching a bit on City and Colour and thought that they both were very similar and enjoyed their style of music. I've been listening to a bunch of folk music in the past few weeks and have been trying to soak up as much of it as possible. Some of my favorites have been City and Colour and Fences. I look forward to hearing a complete album from him not just he EP. Enjoy this live version of the song...
Last but not least this week is Mike Clark with Threes and Fours. I've searched high and low for a video of this on the Internet but haven't found one. This is a great folk song I came across a few months ago from a podcast that I don't normally listen to. This is one of those songs from the beginning you're immediately hooked. Even if he never sang, the guitar hook alone would be something that would draw you to this song but with the addition of the detailed and heart felt lyrics it makes you want to hit repeat and listen over and over again. Any chance I get I try to recommend this great song. I'm gonna try to set up a link so you can listen to it but I'm not sure really how to do it and since Joe is still without Internet (and the local computer genious) I'm gonna have to try to do this myself. Hopefully I don't break the blog...
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