It's a beautiful day

[petronia]

And there won't be many more left in the year, so I'm going for a walk. Concert review later (really). In the meantime you can dl a Styrofoam song off Music (For Robots) - I'd never heard of them (well, him technically) before the Lali Puna opener, but I got home and there it was on the music blog run, accompanied by a rant regarding Ben Gibbard and vocoders. ^^; Quite right too, but... well. I bought PSB's Release album, and I listen to it constantly, and dammit I like it. I think that makes me proof against wussy vocoder use.

And the guy is right. Gorgeous song regardless.

EDIT -- am told the link is down, which is fair enough given that the entry's fallen off the main page. XD;; Thus I uploaded it.

Styrofoam feat. Ben Gibbard - Couches in the Alley

Actually, as I was strolling along the waterfront humming this song to myself for lack of it on my mp3 player, I realised it was very much like a PSB ballad. Melodically, not just thanks to the Postal Service guy's wussy voice. >D The only thing that says it's not is production.

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The trees planted along the first stretch of the canal (drained now for winter) are oaks, and they don't lose their leaves. They stay on the tree, leathery and reddish-brown, rattling in the wind until a storm tears them off or the new growth comes in. I'm sorry I didn't think to take a walk and look at them when they were still golden.

Comments

[one-if-by-land.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the download. Ben Gibbard is my hero (via the Postal Service) and I like my heroes wussy. <3

[petronia.livejournal.com]

wussy = standard compliment. XD <3

[fantabulous.livejournal.com]

Hooray! =) I wanted to get it; thanks for putting it up!

[petronia.livejournal.com]

Dude, that icon rocks. XD What is it?

[fantabulous.livejournal.com]

I dunno (hehe), but if you want one, you can get one from turi's collection here (http://lavenderdisaster.com/lj_pics/icons_by_turi.html). It comes in a bunch of different colours too, if you'd rather not have the purple. ;-)

[oneill]

Nice. Thanks for sharing. :) I haven't purchased any CDs/listened to any new music for, oh, about four months now--maybe this will inspire me to end that unintentional hiatus.