Autumn night, stay soft and cool. Come morning light, I'll be gone.
Urbana= COLD AS FUCK.We went from 70+ degrees, to weather in the 40's this week.
Naturally, I had to completely change all the music I was listening to.
Rooney is cool, "I'm going to the beach, gonna chill with my hombres," music, but it just doesn't fit the fall weather. I spent an entire busride, (and believe me, they're long) flipping through the good ole' Pod, trying to find something to fit the weather.
The Lawrence Arms- "Greatest Story Ever Told"
This album COMPLETELY fits the weather.
"autumn night,
stay soft and cool
come morning light
i'll be gone
step tears and tired of watching
they're filing out the big top doors
i'm buried in the smell of circus
those dark clouds are rolling in
drunken mouth (kitchen smile)
please summon me softly to sleep"
(Drunk Mouth Kitchen Smile)
"On With the Show" explodes in after the "Intro", giving you exactly what you've come to expect from The Lawrence Arms- Chicago beer belly despair rock. Ripping chords and furious drum work, with Brendan Kelly's UBER raspy voiced lyrics getting you pumped for the rest of the album.
The following track, "Raw and Searing Flesh" is on the complete opposite end of the spectrum. Chris McCaughan sticks with his woebegone (i.e. melancholy) vocals, and delivers the song in the finest manner possible.
Take your iPod (face it, most of us have them), sit outside with a cup of coffee, and just relax while listening to the boys from Chicago. You won't be disappointed.
The Lawrence Arms - The Ramblin' Boys Of Pleasure (mp3)
apparently they played last night very close to my campus. i hate learning this shit the day after. a month later i could deal with, but the day after almost taunts... makes you feel like you could've gone.
Posted by
Matt |
8:35 PM