The Hush Sound - Lighthouse I was listening to this on the train the other day and by that, I mean really listening. And then I realized how gruesome this song is. Awesome. Basically it talks about a ghost in a lighthouse and two lovers. Eerie and creepy, I imagine a foggy beach scene with some dark lighthouse. The Hush Sound was also one of the bands playing at my first ever concert. I remember really enjoying the album Like Vines afterwards. If I’m ever feeling nostalgic, I listen to this album. The Hush Sound are from Illinois and they went on a hiatus from 2008 to 2012. A new album is expected to come out later this year. I hope you enjoy this creepy choice on this lovely Saturday. |
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Everything Everything - Cough Cough This song is a different kind of catchy. I often find catchy synonymous with terrible lyrics but that is not the case here. The choppiness hooks you from the start and with each play you fall deeper into the Everything Everything trap. Arc, the album where this song resides, came out in January of this year and I found it to be a huge improvement from their first album released three years prior. They’ve started developing a clearer stronger sound that leans towards the Django Django side of the music spectrum. I hope they’ll continue on this path because the response to songs like Cough Cough usually involves the word addictive. I think they sum it up best in song when they say: It’s whispering into my eardrums and it tells me that I want more, -Zach |
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Los Delinqüentes — El Aire de la Calle If someone had told me when I started on Soundboard that some day I would post anything related to Flamenco, I’d probably have laughed at them. But since this Summer feeling won’t leave me and keeps making me think it’s freaking August already (when it’s more likely that, liking it or not, I’ll listen to Rumba music), let’s increase it by posting Los Delinqüentes’ song El Aire de la Calle; which speaks of life in the streets and smells of Summer afternoons out chilling with the loved ones. I can’t deny it, it puts a smile on my face, and that’s reason enough to ‘betray’ my past self. —Viu. (Source: soundboard) |
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Death Cab For Cutie - “Crooked Teeth” Okay, okay, one more summer jam and that’s it, I promise (don’t hold me to that). As I’m sure you guys remember, Plans is one of my top three favorite albums of all time, and “Crooked Teeth” always reminds me of running around town with friends in the middle of June doing whatever sounds fun. That as opposed to “Summer Skin”, which is much more reflective, and pretty melancholy and depressing to be frank, definitely a song you’d listen to towards the end of August as break is coming to a close. But for now, here’s another li’l diddy for your respective mixtapes and playlists. College students, enjoy the start of your break, high school students, kick all kinds of butt on your finals and AP exams, and everyone else, just have a great summer! - Callie |
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Vampire Weekend - Hannah Hunt It leaked and I didn’t download it. It streamed and I didn’t listen to it. I used up every ounce of willpower I had to avoid it until its proper release. I’m so glad I did but the wait was starting to kill me. On Step, Ezra Koenig croons “Wisdom’s an honor, but you’d trade it for youth.” It’s startlingly poignant and honest for a band of 20-somethings that will be 30-somethings by their next assumed album cycle. They are no shorter for wisdom this time around. The album explores themes like the passage of time, mortality, and things, like love, not quite playing out as expected. Over three albums, we’ve seen Vampire Weekend mature. Everything about this release has been calculated, from the early “LP3” promos with the Revolutionary War backdrops to the Tumblr-ready album cover to the lyric videos to the burning Saabs, all laden with their typical sans-serif coolness. The arrangement of Hannah Hunt is simply beautiful. With a minute left, a beleaguered Ezra induces chills with his own frustration. Having their “own sense of time” is no longer presented as a good thing, and the figure of Hannah Hunt, the only one that can read his mind, may no longer be a part of his future. He’s not quite sure.
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CHVRCHES - Recover
Just fillin’ in tonight! I can’t exactly pinpoint what it is I like about this song and frankly, that’s totally okay. It’s just really catchy! I’m also a total sucker for synthesizer though, but that’s another story. It’s a little ethereal but still dance-y in some weird way.
CHVRCHES (a name of which I always struggle to type out for some reason) comes from Glasglow. They formed in 2011 and released their Recover EP in 2013. Although relatively new, I’m definitely looking forward to what they have to offer in the upcoming years!
Foundboard: April 2013
As a way to thank you for making Submissions Week such a success we’re rolling out a new monthly feature: “Foundboard”. We’re constantly getting Artist Submissions and don’t have enough days in the month to post them. We chose some of our favorites from this past month. If you’d like to check out some current up-and-coming artists then click on the Read More below. You’ll find a song by the artist and a little about who they are as well as some links to keep discovering. Happy listening!
Love Always,
The Soundboard Panel
Billy Bragg - St. Swithin’s Day The genius of Billy Bragg is his ability to capture people —their fears, their loves, their sorrows— and the best material in his catalogue (I think) are the songs about heartbreak and the cold distances that spring up in the spaces where there used to be affection and intimacy. St. Swithin’s Day is one of finest in this category quietly heartrending, full of symbolism and well-complemented by the spare man-and-his-guitar style that’s become Billy’s trademark. Here he describes being taken unawares by the passage of time and sketches out the gradual erosion of a love affair and the hollowness that follows. It’s one of those basic themes that every human being can relate to, and one of the things that makes Billy Bragg’s songs connect with his listeners. Lovely tune, as well. Hope you enjoy it! |
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