New Release Tuesday - November 3, 2009

who: Say Anything | We Came As Romans | Weezer
why: because it's a pretty good week for new releases.

Say Anything's self-titled has finally dropped after a few annoying delays, and I actually like it a lot. Bemis has taken his lyricism to a new level and a new place on this record and the songs are blended together in a well-crafted manner unlike in their last release 'In Defense of the Genre'.

Say Anything - Say Anything

We Came As Romans' debut release 'To Plant a Seed' is the latest and greatest from Equal Vision and it doesn't disappoint. If you liked Rise Records' The Color Morale in their debut 'We All Have Demons', you should be happy to find a resemblance in this release.

To Plant A Seed - We Came As R...

And then there's Weezer... who honestly doesn't really always have my attention unless I'm pounding out a Rock Band performance, but 'Raditude' is good. It's a guilty pleasure CD, because it's nothing fancy... but no one can right hooks like these motherfuckers. If you didn't see my previous Weezer post, they have a really different, hip-hop styled song with Lil Wayne that's probably my favorite track off the album, but a solid disc in general for sure.

Raditude - Weezer

Notables: The Almost | Foo Fighters

Premature Infatuation - Angels and Airwaves

who: Angels and Airwaves
why: are in the process of recording an entire film score for the soon to be released movie titled 'Love'. The movie is set to be released in the Spring of next year, and the trailer has just officially been released (below). I'm not positive on many of the specific details, but a brief synopsis entails an astronaut named Lee Miller who becomes stranded on the International Space Station and struggles to maintain his sanity and life. I'm mostly looking forward to seeing whether or not director William Eubank made a good decision in giving Angels and Airwaves the creative ability to craft the soundtrack.

Eargasm - Freelance Whales

who: Freelance Whales
why: because their DEBUT release 'Weathervanes' is the best thing I've heard this year since Manchester Orchestra's 'Mean Everything to Nothing'... and that's based on the first listen alone. These guys are musicians. Ever-changing vocal melodies are harmonized with a background choir that you have to squint your ears to hear over the remarkable instrumentation. This is a chill CD... go take a little nap and put on your earphones and just relax - You absolutely need to hear this album. I can't imagine the things to come once they get signed and produce properly funded records... Watch out.

rating: absolutely.
FFO: Lydia | Hellogoodbye | Netherfriends

Weathervanes - Freelance Whale...

Watch Out - Bring Me the Horizon

who: Bring Me the Horizon
why: have put up a video for "The Sadness Will Never End" off of their 2008 release 'Suicide Season' on their myspacerz.

Enjoy.

BRING ME THE HORIZON - The Sadness Will Never End

BMTH. SADNESS VIDEO ONLINE NOW! | MySpace Video

Read All About It - Armor for Sleep

who: Armor for Sleep
why: has [prematurely?] broken up after a solid eight year run. Here's the statement they issue on their Myspace blog yesterday:

"it's been a little over a year since our last tour and some of you out there have kind of figured out whats been going on with us. we never wanted to burden you all with a formal announcement of any kind and cause some type of commotion- we just thought it would be better to kind of drift away nice and easy… i am writing this strictly speaking for myself and i honestly don't really know how pj anthony and nash will react to me being the one to write this, but i feel like it should come from me because ultimately it was me who decided it was best to leave things where they were. to me a song is like a snapshot of a moment, real or made-up, and the band that takes that snapshot is like a camera. i was really happy and proud of the pictures that came out of our little camera, but i would have much rather put in on a shelf for me and all of us to look at with fond memories than to feel this intense need to make it take high-def panoramic mosaics when maybe it was constructed to handle polaroid film. it's as simple as that. i guess someone could examine our inter-personal relationships and weird habits and attribute them to the reason for this decision, but we were like brothers and no clash was ever too great to slow us down. i hope that time won't obscure that fact…i know it won't for me. that being said, i think the real and only reason i am writing this is for you who have been fans of armor for sleep. even though it hasn't been a secret that we are not working on an album or touring, it has felt really weird to not come out and say that the needles been lifted from the record. you have always been so amazing to us and i know through all of our fancy little internet avenues we will always be able/willing/not creeped out/ to talk about life, death, armor tabliture, the needler, whatever your little hearts desire. pj anthony and nash are all amazing people who i've witnessed first hand probably more than anyone in the world as being super talented at whatever they do and i know whatever they choose to do will be amazing. i know you'll have their backs just as i will. as for me, i have been hard at work cooking something up. i have a new camera. i never like to blab about stuff until its ready and for this reason i wasn't giving play by play updates when it was still in its complete infancy…but i will get into it more very soon. i'm really excited, and for me as someone who has been working a long time at the art of writing songs and having these weird visions about how i see a band being presented, i feel like i've put lots of pieces together from the terabytes worth of experiences i've lived through…i know some people will probably always want to hear dream to make believe or something no matter what i'm doing, which is fine, but time is an arrow and i'm not going to try and argue with that…i know i will always be myself and no matter what camera i'm behind i know you'll always recognize the hands holding it. thank you to everyone who's been supportive and listened to anything i've been a part of in any facet. i can't wait to tell you more about things to come. Check back in about a week for something new…"

If your deprived little soul has never known Armor for Sleep, check out my favorite record of theirs here: their 2005 release 'What to Do When You Are Dead'

What To Do When You Are Dead -...

LMAO! - iGun Traffic Rampage

who: a frustrated g
why: because you hate traffic too.

Watch Out - Breakfast at Sulimays ep. 36

who: Breakfast at Sulimays (woodshopfilms)
why: alright so this another YouTube channel dealy I subscribe to, and most of them are hilarious. Basically it's a panel of three old people who are usually subjected to listening to new and upcoming music. Because they're frivolously old and right in their ways, they usually say it's all a bunch of crap (that's why it's funny). In this particular episode, they watch the music video for MGMT's "Kids" instead and dislike it even more. For anyone who hasn't seen this video, I personally think it's awesome but it's pretty controversial and you should watch it and get your own opinion first. Either way, Breakfast at Sulimays is hilarious.



BONUS LINKS
MGMT - Kids
B@S's ep. 37: Shakira - She Wolf

Watch Out - The Roots

who: The Legendary Roots Crew
why: released a video for their latest single "How I Got Over" about a month ago and I just saw it for the first time. Seriously... if you don't like The Roots there's something unforgivably wrong with you. Go Phillies!

DUDE! - Alice Goodwin and Bianca Knight

who: Alice Goodwin and Bianca Knight
why: because I came across these pictures of these ridiculously fine ladies posing as boxers in Maxim and felt the need to start a new thread... and I'm a nice guy so I'm sharing them with all of you. Click the LINK for full-size pictures if you just can't help yourself.



you're welcome.

Watch Out - Kasabian

who: Kasabian
why: because they wanted a fresh, new way to promote their newest album - so they made a video. Also because I couldn't find anything more "blogworthy" than this to talk about today, and who doesn't love a British accent?



Their new album 'West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum' was released in June - check it out! If you're curious, the song sampled in the video is the first song off the record, titled "Underdog".