Pelican - Streaming

Pelican is a badass band. They make badass music with no vocals. On their new album, they're doin' it with friends. The whole thing is streaming on their MySpace, and all two of you that read this blog should totally check it out.

-Daniel

LCD Soundsystem's single received the inconvenience of internet theft that no musician ever wishes to go through a few days back. Frontman James Murphy took the event in stride, deciding that "Hey, if they have to get it off the internet, it may as well come from us, right?" Thus, LCD became only the latest band to offer free music on the internet, letting the first 20,000 visitors to their website receive the download "Bye, Bye, Bayou."

The track certainly evokes the sound that the group is known for, offering just as many off-beat lyrics as it does off-beats themselves. A droning hum builds in the background, Hi-hat tease your ears, and eerie lyrics contribute to the unsettling nature of the song. The atmosphere is noticeably more dark and unsettling than their prior works and proves that Murphy is looking to move the groups material forward, while keeping it hauntingly familiar at the same time. The track almost feels incomplete without a song immediately following it to keep that groove that one normally finds themselves in listening to LCD Soundsystem, but given that it is a preview, the fact that it makes me hungry for more is probably what they always wanted. So yeah. I liked it.


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Julian

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Take a minute (or thirty) to listen to the podcast-the sultry voices will no doubt enforce those questionable feelings and you'll realize that the most important time of your life is just beginning. And don't worry about that strange feeling you're having down below; it'll all make sense when you're older.