I wonder if the days I've lived through count

Finally a post featuring an actual band...or two. I'm too lazy for this usually and my interests are scattered week to week. However, today that's not the case because I'm in school again now. This means I seem to pay more attention to music. It has to do with the whole being immersed in the pursuit of knowledge, growth, and self thing that's supposed to happen when one takes college seriously. Although I'm not sure if I do that enough or not. Anyway...

The Clientele



This band has taken a few years to grow on me because I didn't particularly care for the singer's voice. It's like an exaggerated Beatles-esque stoned sounding voice that tends to make me feel dopey for listening. I'm not sure that makes sense as I'm not very good at describing these kinds of things, but on to my point. Somehow once I got over the voice, The Clientele's music actually became rather groovy/pleasant and suitable for procrastinating with instead when assigned to read articles on the Bush Doctrine. So there you go. They're catchy, so listen.

Share The Night That Night, A Forest Grew (2008)
Bookshop Casanova God Save The Clientele (2007)
E.M.P.T.Y. Strange Geometry (2005)

When the night it comes to me
I wonder if the days I've lived through count
With the world strung like a rosary
Through faces moving in the crowd
What is the color, and the number
When happiness begins?
When the night waits in the laurels
There's a dream


Alela Diane



Alela Diane, I've also known about for a while. It's simple folk music that feels like a story unfolding, a rustic cabin, and sepia tinted old pictures. Also her voice is nice and a little different.

The Pirate's Gospel The Pirate's Gospel (2006)
Foreign Tongue The Pirate's Gospel (2006)


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