The Internets is all over The Morning Benders. And you should be too. Their new album, Big Echo, is out March 9 via Rough Trade Records.
The Morning Benders – “Excuses”
You can also stream the Big Echo here, or on pretty much any music blog.
See also: “Swim Until You Can’t See Land.”
Both from Frightened Rabbit’s forthcoming album, The Winter of Mixed Drinks, and both fantastic. The Winter of Mixed Drinks is out next month via FatCat.
If you haven’t heard 2008’s The Midnight Organ Fight, do it now.
I can’t stop listening to Elvis Perkins in Deerland. Definitely one of the most underrated albums of 2009.
Mentions of The Low Anthem have scrolled across my glowing screen often as of late, but I sat oblivious to the band’s charms until last week. I happened upon their Lake Fever Sessions videos and now I am completely enamored. All of these videos are worth your time, but pay special attention to “This God Damn House.” It is something special.
With a menagerie of instruments–a beat up pump organ, a duct-taped baritone and a clarinet– the band creates a deceptively large orchestral-folk sound. It’s simple but full and comes with surprises. The organ’s foot pumps provide a strange but fitting rhythm that clicks just beneath the song throughout. And, the song’s last few bars take an ethereal turn when a pair of cell phones takes a whistled melody to another world.
Watch. You won’t be disappointed.
If you want more, check out the video for “Charlie Darwin” from the bands latest long player, Oh My God, Charlie Darwin. Another gem.
(We got some new live footage of William Elliott Whitmore doing “Hell or High Water”)
WEW WOW’d us at Downtown Brew on Thursday night. He put on an excellent show despite the large amount of whiskey that was presented to him by his loyal fans. He took it like a man and graciously drank what was offered, showing no signs of sway in his performance. William is impressive on several levels: his voice, his banjo playing, but most of all, his humble approach is what makes him a pleasure to watch. I hope to see this guy touring for years to come. You can check another clip of his song “Take it on the Chin” on YouTube.
William Elliott Whitmore’s latest, Animals in the Dark, is out now on ANTI-.
