Nice to see Brian hit his Lazy Saturday post, even if it’s on Sunday. In any event, as promised, I’ve got the second installment of this week’s Radio Dick primed and ready to go. So as y’all overindulge today and watch the Colts take it to the Saints, do it with a soundtrack of new releases just warbling their initial cries to the world. Here are five tracks to get you moving this morning. As the hangover ensues tomorrow, stop on back. We’ll be wide awake (sort of).
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This Week’s List (Continued from Yesterday)
A Weather – Giant Stairs – Portland’s A Weather is releasing Everday Balloons on March 2nd, their sophomore effort. This track has all of the charm and soft arrangement that made their debut, Cove, so entrancingly great. As the band gears up for the release, folks are beginning to take notice. Somewhere amidst the slam we receive of electronica and blipped out largeness, it’s refreshing to dial it back a bit and dive into the world A Weather creates.
Joe Pug – The Sharpest Crown – We had the opportunity to see Joe Pug here in Cleveland midway through 2009, and his smooth as silk folk crooning left us in awe pretty quickly. His newest release, Messenger is set to hit shelves on February 16th, and “The Sharpest Crown” is the first released track. Quiet and melodic, he moves through the track effortlessly, and for all of the Joe Pug fans, the entire album will be a heartwarming treat.
Felix Cartal – Popular Music – As far as bouncy dance tracks go, this one’s a monster. Felix Cartal is dropping his debut LP, Popular Music via Dim Mak on February 23rd and this is the opening track. Cartal has been making a name for himself in the remix, track-cutting game and this debut promises to be the rave-inspired anthem collection of the month.
Frog Eyes – A Flower in a Glove – Dead Oceans will release Paul’s Tomb: A Triumph on April 27th from Canadian rockers Frog Eyes, and this is presumably the opener to the album. Carey Mercer, bombastic and energy-charged frontman, collaborated in Swan Lake’s killer 2009 album, Enemy Mine, and his own outfit hasn’t put out an album in three years. I can usually put my money on Dead Oceans to put out quality material, and this track is really doing the trick for me. At once, the vocals are standoffish with listeners, possibly over-emotive. However, they settle in about two minutes in and the track soars to amazing highs.
Frog Eyes – A Flower in a Glove
Erykah Badu – Window Seat – Badu tweeted out this song yesterday via twitter and ever since, the blogosphere’s lit up. It’s probably at least in the mode of efficiency and homage that we hit this track today. James, another writer, has been a part of the Badu fan club for years, as I remember him spinning her albums way back in college. Look forward to her newest release, New Amerykah Part II: The Return of the Ankh, which drops toward the end of March. “Window Seat” includes Questlove settling down behind the drums and finds Erykah in familiar territory. Smooth as silk, this track promises more from the release. Get in line. It’ll be on everyone’s April playlist.
