You know, I’ve been fighting liking this band for so long now. I just can’t get behind the fact that this guy was in Imarobot and now he’s some hippie guru that needs 20 of his friends on stage to warble some tunes. Just seems like an act to me. Especially considering that Imarobot was always a Hollywood band… seemed like it was just a sceney thing. So it makes me feel like they just invented this new thing to have some more fun times together. Not genuine. People assure me that’s not true, but I don’t know man. Plus, every industry person and their mother was fawning over this band like they were the next Arcade Fire. People who wouldn’t know the next Arcade Fire level band if it was playing in their backyard. Bleh. (Wow, this is quite the rant for so early in the morning!)
BUT…
The one thing that ALWAYS wins out is good songs. And that they do have. There are some good ones here. So I’m partially caving.
I just can’t watch things like this because I see the girl next to him dancing like she’s Ray Charles and I want to spit out my Cheerios:
Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros - “40 Day Dream”
So just listening folks… no visuals for now… baby steps.
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