Artistic Skills

For those of you that questioned my artistic abilities, let this be a testament to the wire bending skills I've been hiding all these years:

Yes, this is what my college tuition is paying for, and yes, it is exactly what you think it is. Affectionately named "A Poor Kid's Nightmare," for obvious reasons, this structure received much admiration from the entire class. Well, maybe I should stick to music...

-evb

Catching Up

So Pat has been blogging like crazy while I've been trying to figure out my life... But now that that's been taken care of, I can get back to blogging! An update from the studio: Our latest EP, "Let it Go" has been completed and an official release date will soon be announced. We produced this one ourselves, and we're very happy with the way the tracks are sounding.

I've been listening to some different music the past few months. As you probably know, I'm a pretty big Death Cab for Cutie fan, and while looking for similar music, I discovered The Decemberists. They've been around for a while, so I'm a little surprised it took me this long to find them. I've been listening to some of their older music, and I purchased one of their albums,"The Crane Wife." It has a neat mix of instrumentals and somewhat theatrical tracks. Yankee Bayonet is an interesting song telling the story of a soldier killed in battle and his girlfriend back home. I think my favorite song on this album is Summersong, which starts out with a really neat accordion lead part and includes some of my favorite lyrics on the album, such as

my girl, linen and curls
lips parting like a flag all unfurled
she's grand, the bend of her hand
digging deep into the sweep of the sand

It looks to me as Ben Gibbard has met a match in lyrical mastery. I had tickets to see them in Royal Oak last Wednesday, but the Snowpocalypse prevented that. I will certainly be buying their latest album, "The King is Dead," whenever I get a chance.

-Eric

Science & Faith-The Script

The Script returns with their sophomore effort. It starts off like I wanted to start my EP: with a minute of instrumental jamming and background vocals! It's a solid start, but the main attraction comes with the second song, "For the First Time". I like the layers of this song, and how it really represents who they are as a group. One of my favorite moments of this album comes in the last minute of this song, where they jam out on "Oh these times are hard, yeah they're making us crazy, don't give up on me baby," until it softens up at the end. There's a really great feel to that part, as simple as the lyrics are!

I wasn't sure about this album after my first listen, but I think you'll start to understand the passion that went into it after you give it a few more plays. Some of the songs aren't very appealing to me, but it's a good CD for a Script fan. You'll certainly have some tracks stuck in your head. Besides the last minute of "For the First Time," I really like "If You Ever Come Back" and "Exit Wounds".

Overall, The Script should continue to build off of their 1st CD and find success with this one. I'd like to see how they are in concert, even if it means being "in the minority" for the evening.

-PK