Wednesday, November 11, 2009

"Space Rock"

Wow. The music I've been hearing from the randomw iTunes shuffle has reminded me of some awesome bands that are buried in my collection. Junius is back with their inimitable sound – I'm no expert on "Joy Division" but they've been compared to them – that, for me, blends elements of "Explosions In The Sky", "The Cure", and "The God Machine" into a hugely dark, spacey sound. I looked around yesterday for the new cd which was supposed to be released 11/10, but to no avail. So I went to the record company and found it there for $7. sweet. Apparently, Junius is a boston band, but they tour like mad, so they're not even here that much. Click on this link -->"gimmesound" and you can maybe check out the power and darkness of this band through the streaming (but not-yet-downloading) option I found here as of 11/11.

While looking around the online site for the label - http://www.mylenesheath.com/home.html - I found a nice mp3 preview for another band I could definitely get into. If These Trees Could Talk has some of that same complex and dense song structure, with sparkling guitars and heavy bass / percussion that makes me such a fan of bands that can pull this off. The self-titled cd by these guys was out-of-stock, but it was at amazon.com and I guess I had to get it.

While talking about this kind of music, a band called God Is An Astronaut came up in discussion, and they also showed up on the amazon recommendations page that came up after I placed my order. The ways music tastes and searches can lead you back to things you wanted to remember but cannot are so cool.