Album: Glory Hope Mountain
When I first heard The Acorn’s latest album I felt slightly assaulted. I’m usually one who enjoys a fairly predictable song structure, but Glory Hope Mountain kicks off with “Flood Pt. 1″ in a bit of discorded chaos…
Tags:acorn, arcade fire, crooked legs, flood, glory hope mountain, indie, ryan, soundsuck
A few days ago I caught up with Dustin Aguilar, half of the new band Darcy. I’ve been keeping tabs on these guys for awhile so I thought what better way to introduce the band than with an interview. I asked them a few questions, let them speak for themselves, and let you decide if they really are SoundSuck material.
Tags:artist, darcy, dustin, indie, mp3, music, nathan, soundsuck, texas, unsigned, upcoming
Devin Davis released his debut LP, Lonely People of the World Unite, to a decent amount of fanfare. It got some blog coverage and was featured in some other online publications, but I still feel it didn’t get as much publicity as it deserved. Since I didn’t have a blog back when it was released, I feel its my delayed duty to share this older album so that you might familiarize yourself with Mr. Davis before the release of his upcoming and currently untitled album due out later this year.
Well it’s February which means today SoundSuck celebrates its 1st month of existence. We’ve acquired a few new writers along the way, found some great artists, made a few new friends, and really appreciate the people that have been coming back to the site and who’ve helped us get this far. We’d also like to thank John Otjen for hosting us.
In celebration of this momentous occasion we’re sharing the first SoundSuck Mixtape- a compilation of what we feel are the ten best tracks from the past month:
Today I take a slight deviation from our usual featured artist style and instead focus on one song.
Last year while on tour David Bazan was closing his solo set with a cover of Leonard Cohen’s famous “Hallelujah.” The song is probably one of the most covered in modern history, but David Bazan’s version is the absolute best…
Tags:david bazan, hallelujah, jeff buckley, leonard cohen, live, mp3, pedro the lion, soundsuck
Album: Welcome To The Night Sky
Sounds Like: The space between how things are and how they should be.
Sorry I’m late to the party guys, I just found out about this brilliant group from Halifax. Wintersleep released their third album, Welcome To the Night Sky, in October of last year and I must say it is one of the best albums I’ve heard in several months. I was unassumingly looking for new bands when “Weighty Ghost” started to play. Ten seconds into it I thought “this is a great opener,” by the time Paul Murphy’s vocals had piped in I thought “this track is incredibly well grounded in it’s writing,” and by the time the chorus was asking “have you seen my ghost?” it was clear that I was listening to one of the greatest songs of 2007. Needless to say, I promptly bought the album and scrutinized the rest of the songs. There are ten tracks; each is unique, most are memorable, and a few are what I consider instant classics. My only complaint about the LP is that on a few tracks I couldn’t make out the lyrics and wished the vocals had been boosted slightly. It’s hard to describe exactly what makes Welcome To the Night Sky so good because it is a disc that has the ability to evoke unique emotions even after repeat plays. What I liked most about it is that the album feels effortless; although not every track is as superb as “Weighty Ghost,” none of the songs make me feel as if the band was trying to create something that makes everyone say “look at how great we are.” Ironically enough, they made an album that you can’t help but take notice of.
Why They Don’t Suck: Like an anthem for those feeling displaced and discontent, Welcome To the Night Sky voices the questions and cries of this modern generation so eloquently that it feels as if Wintersleep is trying to speaking for you and you’ve been invited to sing along.
Weighty Ghost.mp3 (right click to save)
(Thanks Janesta for letting us share the song.)
Author: Ryan Shook
Date: January 30, 2008
Album: To Speak, To Love, To Listen
Sounds Like: A flag blowing in the wind against a sunset.
Their music is the kind that you play really loud either when you need to be inspired or you just accomplished something and want to bask in the glory of what you did. I wouldn’t say that Sleeperstar has an extremely unique sound, but I would say that they blend what they have better than other bands with their sound. Having only been together for a short time, they are already making big impressions and selling/giving away their EP like wildfire. Touring with the likes of Andy Davis recently, they have made some friends in places and are working on recording more songs to make a full CD but only time will tell when that actually occurs.
Texas Rain.mp3 (removed at artist’s request)
Why They Don’t Suck: Sleeperstar is one of those bands that seems to consitantly produce songs with catchy riffs and perfect hooks. After listening to one of their songs, don’t be surprised if you get it stuck in your head for a while. I found myself in the same position so don’t worry, it is normal and you will be alright. I promise.
Disengage.mp3 (removed at artist’s request)
Tags:disengage, indie, matt, sleeperstar, soundsuck, texas rain, to love, unsigned