one of my favourite things about music is that from time to time it just seems to drop into your lap when you least expect it. finding new songs and artists in unique places is so very much fun, and the context that one comes across music often stays with you in a way that changes its meaning forever. we can all think of the song that played in the restaurant on that awkward first date where you knocked your fork off the table three times in succession; the song from that tv show that you wouldn't dare tell your friends you ever watched; the song that you could really see yourself getting married to. let's take, for example, this video from trials rider danny macaskill. i'll be the first person to admit - i know nothing about trials riding, and i don't have any ambitions to learn anything about it in the future. that said, i do love music, and have always always wanted to go wandering around scotland's craggy foothills, and this video combines both in a way i can't help but enjoy.
the first song featured in the compilation is Wax & Wire by (not surprisingly) portland-based loch lomond. they have apparently been doing some touring with the decemberists as of late, and the comparisons are pretty evident. their debut album Little Me Will Start A Storm will be landing in february of 2011, and i shall certainly be keeping an eye out for it
loch lomond - wax & wire
the second track is from sydney-based quartet the jezabels. the band's sound immediately brings metric to mind, while the vocals are reminiscent of touring mates tegan and sara. A Little Piece comes off their third EP, Dark Storm, and we can only hope for a full-length album soon. in the meantime it will have a firm place in my rotation, bringing to mind images of weather-beaten abbeys, and the morning fog over rolling highlands.
the jezabels - a little piece
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