Things posted about Indie Rock
Surely one of my favourite albums. I think maybe Timothy’s Monster (1994) was the first album that really impressed me with genre variety, it succeeds having metal and indie rock together.
Family Tree, TV on the Radio {YouTube}
“Anda my love
Wake up to your window
The day calls in billows
It’s echoing moonlight onto the blue nightmare of your heart
In cosy red rainbow
It’s shaking off halos
And the memory of our sacred so and so
Oh take my hand sweet
Complete your release unbury your feet
And married we’ll be
Alone in receiving ours is a feeling not that they would see
They don’t know that we could be
Down where your cradle escaped the sea
And your raven haired Mama cought told you so’s
Were hanging in the shadow of your family tree
Your haunted heart and me
Brought down by an old idea whose time has come
And in the shadow of the gallows of your family tree
There’s a hundred hearts or three
Pumping blood to the roots of evil to keep them young
Ah me all mine
Is it safe to say that we’ve waited patiently
Call me on time
And recall the tune that has place us gracefully
All into line
There’s the garden grave and a place they’ve saved for you
I’ll fall by your side
Though your silver haired Mama throws told you so’s
Were laying in the shadow of your family tree
Your haunted heart and me
Brought down by an old idea whose time has come
And in the shadow of the gallows of your family tree
There’s a hundred hearts or three
Pumping blood to the roots of evil to keep it young
And now we’ll gather in the shadow of your family tree
In haunted harmony
Brought down by an old idea whose time has come
And in the shadow of the valley of your family tree
There’s a hundred hearts or three
Pumping blood to the roots of evil to keep us young”
Some time ago I got the last album of Why?, Alopecia, it is a very interesting and consistent. They present a unique mix of hip-hop and indie-rock which at the first listening I found intriguing because it really keeps strong elements from both genres.
It was interesting to see two sets of drums, one played by the singer, the instruments going around all the band members, but above all to notice that their unique hip-hop/indie-rock fusion works even better live where you can see from where all the small sounds come from. Big plus for the versatility of the singer and power of the drums. Nice to watch live especially in a small place like Kuudes Linja where the band members were seated in a sofa selling t-shirts and albums. First time in this place for a concert, looking forward to come back for more, there was Atlas Sound today but my body demands some rest! Waiting for Broken Social Scene now, 26.05.
Links:
Why? {MySpace}
Kuudes Linja
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