I'll Never Ask For Anyone But You

So last week I got the All American Rejects new album When the World Comes Down. Overall, its not my favorite. I think the song I Wanna is a complete joke, and Sunshine sounds like Enya wrote it. Which in and of itself isn't necessarily a bad thing, but not something I listen for and expect from the All American Rejects. I think I'd have to give this album low ratings, and I wouldn't suggest getting it, its not worth it. Just keep listening to Move Along, their best album to date. I would however, suggest getting this one song on the new album. Amidst all the letdown on this album , this song resonates with real feeling. Its a duet with Catherine from the band Pierces, a quirky and strange band, that you can check out here, but this combination works.

Concert Review: Anberlin

Last night was my fifth time seeing Anberlin live. I am fully ready to admit I have an unhealthy obsession with this band and their ability to burn their music into my very heart and soul, but some things just can't be helped.
So here, in my musical venue, I just need to do a little Anberlin word spreading. They are an incredible asset to the current music scene, and to the future music scene. My favorite part of Anberlin in general is that they don't stick with any one mold in their music or their albums. Each album has its own feel and flavor to it, each one brings its own experience.
So, lets get into the nitty gritty of Anberlin live. My favorite thing about Anberlin is their innate capability to get the crowd moving. They know how to get people into a concert. The meshing of their sound creates the perfect concert atmosphere. Last night, The Brobecks were on just before Anberlin came out. They had some good songs, some with a pretty good beat, but they just couldn't really get the crowd going. It made it a little difficult to get to the front (which is the only way to watch Anberlin) but we were finally able to do that. That changes with the instant Anberlin arrives on the stage. With Anberlin, you make friends, you move in close, you talk about all the other times you've seen them, you know who their roadies are.
You sing along with all of their songs, and it changes your entire perspective on music. They have the capability of bringing out emotions that you thought you had a good handle on. When you're in the crowd, hearing, singing, and feeling, " I am the patron saint of lost causes, a fraction of who I once believed. (Change) only a matter of time. Opinions I would try and rewrite. If life had background music playing your song... I've gotta be honest, I tried to escape you but the orchestra plays on..." its hard not to lose control a little.
Seeing Anberlin live in concert is an experience unto itself. Each time they get better and better. If there is any band I would suggest you see at least once in your life, it would be Anberlin. Even if you aren't a rock concert goer. Just do it, at least once. You won't regret it, I can promise you that. Anberlin never lets you down.

Songs You Want to Listen to Twice

You know the songs I'm talking about. The ones that when they come up on a playlist you think, "oh yes, this song is so perfect right now." Then it seems it ends much too soon, and so you have to skip back to listen to it at least one more time. This is a small sampling of some songs that inevitably cause me to push repeat whenever they come up. Go ahead, listen to them twice, you know you want to.

Wherein We Discuss the Under Appreciated

When it comes to bands that I feel don't receive the recognition they deserve, Cartel is at the forefront. They have been marginalized into the genre of pop punk, and the song "Honestly," which I know to have gotten a lot of air time, does not fully express their musical capability.
Their self titled album came out last year, and while there are several songs off of that album I could talk about in terms of lyrical and musical genius, I thought it would be most fitting to talk about the song "If I Were to Write the Song." Most of the time, I feel like the words that spill from my mind will never be able to fully express all that I want them to. I have often felt that the best songs are never written, the greatest music will always stay stuck in your head; but if I could, if you could... just that once, write the song that would express everything you've ever wanted to show and feel at any one moment, what would that one song do?
More than that, I can't think of any other word to describe the guitar in this song other than sensual. Just listen to it, its full of everything you could ever wish a guitar could do in a song.
This song is so under appreciated that it isn't even on playlist.com So here it is from my music site. You should probably get this whole album, its completely worth it.

Hurricane

I created this blog as a venue for my musical musings. I don't know if I will ever tell the world about it, I may just let it be a place for my thoughts to spill out in the form of whatever song is in my head at the time. These songs are my journey, this blog is to help me figure out where it is I'm going.

From the moment I first began listening to The Hush Sound's album Goodbye Blues I was in love with it. It is an astounding masterpiece. Its only been in the past week however, that I've truly fallen in love with the song Hurricane. It started with last Sunday when I had one line of it stuck in my head, the one line that got me moving through Sunday when I didn't think I'd survive. First thing Monday morning I had to turn it on and I haven't been able to stop listening to it since.
There is a beautiful vulnerability to the song, a sweet honesty to her lyrics and music. The piano, of course, is masterful, the quiet way the guitar comes in, as the steady murmur that quietly sneaks into your mind, and the drums, as if it is the gentle beating of her heart, that moves her from city to city, hoping for calm and quiet.
This song breathes with the reality of her emotion, I absolutely cannot stop listening to it.