Forgive the dramatization, but I feel as though I now reside in a post-apocalyptic, post-Neon Bible world, where even what's left of the Sun pales in comparisson to the glowing frame and earmarked pages of The Arcade Fire's second release. As I scroll through the self-made "Bands To Blog" iTunes playlist looking for something to share, there's hardly anything that can free me from the hypnotic drone of "Neon Bible" (the song) or even the hype surrounding the damn thing. But then something caught my ear:
[MP3] Somme - Massless
I have to hand it to post-rock: even with the most emotastic Arcade Fire songs (that I still love) monarchically occupying my mind, I can't stop listening to this track from Chicago post-rock/shoegaze duo Somme. The song builds and sways like one would expect from the genre, but isn't unnecessarily lengthy or overly dramatic as one might also expect. The drumming, handclapping, and punchy guitar melody in the middle, for example, provides some solid variation for the song, one that drummer Kenny Preski says "...takes the melodic parts of shoegaze and puts them in the dramatic context of post-rock." So if you're like me and are trying to readjust to music's newly altered, post-Neon Bible landscape (again, sorry for the dramatization), maybe this song'll take you for a spin.
Somme's got an EP entitled Weight on the horizon for early 2007. Check out more MP3s and info below:
MySpace Site | More MP3s | Live Video on YouTube
1 comments:
wow this is really good, thanks!
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