The Blow - "Babay (Eat a Critter, Feel Its Wrath)"
This silly, happy duo have sat with me for a few weeks now. At first, I didn't pay attention to them, but now I'm rapt. Radio pop done at home, better than most of the radio pop it sounds like. It's like surfing, if surfing could be done at a really slow pace. It's like skateboarding through sunsetting streets. [Buy track from K]
A quality that pervades the album, in a beautifully unself-conscious way, is a feeling of adolescence. References to books you read in high school, discoveries you have as a teenager, but genuine, not mocking. Something about it being made by K Records makes it all the more. Watch the video on their MySpace of them making the album; there's Calvin Johnson, unexpressively helping all the way along. Proof of love. [Buy track from K]
other songs worth buying:
"Parentheses" - when you're holding me, we make a pair of parentheses
"The Long List of Girls" - this is a top 40 hit, despite whether it is or not.
Bless your very heart. I'd been looking for a full verison of "True Affection" for two weeks. So very grateful.
Posted by Brian at September 29, 2006 12:32 PMtouring! go see her!
Posted by david b at September 29, 2006 1:06 PMI saw The Blow minus Jonah a few weeks ago, and wow. She was opening for Architecture in Helsinki (along with Red Pony Clock!) and she was most definitely the best act of the night, possibly even the best show I've ever seen.
Right now, my favorite Blow song is "Come On Pauline", but I haven't really explored their newer stuff in depth.
Posted by Sara at September 30, 2006 9:37 PMBrian - yes
David - of course, yes!
Sara - you are a lucky ducky. red pony clock, please come to Canada.
Posted by dan at October 1, 2006 1:35 AM
and it will begin playing. All songs are also available to download: just right-click the link and choose 'Save as...'
