Three albums to buy instead of the new Death Cab for Cutie
June 4th, 2008 . by JillyI’ll admit that I really dug the Postal Service album, but truth be told Ben Gibbard killed emo with all his pretentiousness. Don’t want to waste your money on an album that’s not going to be any good anyways. Three better choices…
Ours is back with their third full-length album after 6 years. This album is beautiful and dark. They’ve picked up right where they left off. All hail the dark Jeff Buckley!
Ours - Ran Away to tell the World (video)
Spritualized - Songs in A&E
This is Pierce’s first record in over 5 years. The delay partially due to the fact that he caught double pneumonia and nearly died. I really thought that maybe Spiritualized had peaked, but this is their best album in years. The album is entitled Songs in A&E (in England, the ER is called the Accident & Emergency ward - get it).
Spiritualized - Soul on Fire mp3
I know what you’re thinking. Do we really need another band with wolf or tron in the name? But forget all about that, this band is great. This is Kenny Choi’s (frontman of Daphne loves Derby) pet project. His voice is beautiful and peaceful. His songwriting talents are better tapped in his solo efforts. Embrace the acoustic/indie/folk goodness.