2007
a life full of children and animals
maura @ 9:53 pm
It’s been a long long time since I’ve had a band crush. I used to have them all the time. But that was pre-Gus, and now there’s less time + money + energy for musical pursuits. I’ve talked about this before; I am a broken record (har).
I have had a few band crushes in the past few yrs. Pipas, Math and Physics Club, Franz Ferdinand, Feist, and the Shins. Yes, I am always behind the times, and not as indie as I used to be.
I am having a band crush right now! I’ve fallen hard for Voxtrot. Again, slow on the uptake: their first release was in 2005. But their first full-length album is coming out soon, so I haven’t completely missed the boat.
The funny thing about a belated band crush is that you experience all the levels of fandom at warp speed. The whole shebang has taken me about 3 weeks: “Hey, this band is pretty good…man, that (self-released EP) record rocks…damn, I canNOT stop listening to this song…cool, check out those hidden unreleased tracks on their website…hmm, this EP is okay, not fabulous…wow, the new record sounds so, well, PRODUCED…yeah, I used to LOVE them, I mean, I liked their FIRST record.”
Except that I’m lying about that last bit. I still really like them, even though the new songs that are being blogged are slicker than the old EPs. I mean, that shit happens when you have money to spend making a record, right? And the strings on “Steven” just slay me.
