Huh. Who would of know there was a beach next to a giant bridge.
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Opening for Wild Flag is no easy feat, but Hospitality was more than up to the challenge last Thursday in Chicago. Bloggers might call them twee, but that doesn’t give the band nearly enough credit. The band’s got a little edge to them, too; listen to the lyrics and you’ll find references to naughty sexual acts or watch them live and see lead-singer Amber Papini pull off a leather jacket just as well as Carrie Brownstein (no easy feat). I complimented Amber after the show who was manning merch, and she graciously thanked me and smiled despite my tongue-tied muddling of their label (Merge, not Wichita) and lack of cash to actually buy merch. I bought the album a couple of days later, and I highly recommend you do, too. 2012 has been a little quiet for me in terms of releases, but Hospitality is phenomenal.
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Waiting.
So I’m here waiting to be called and talk to someone about my classes. It’s boring. 😞🔫
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Many of the songs on Fanfarlo’s debut album Reservoir hit me immediately like a ton of bricks. A noted exception was the song “Finish Line” that slowly builds to a climax that pays off so incredibly that you can’t help but feel your heart swell. Rooms Filled With Light takes that model and expands it with the album growing the more you listen to it. “Shiny Things” is a perfect microcosm of the album as a whole, building slowly to full instrumentation, complete with brass and whistles.
I’m going to see them at Lincoln Hall in Chicago on March 28. Feel free to give me a holler, and check them out if they’re going to stop in your town.
Groovy.
