CAN WE TALK NEW RECORDS FOR A SEC?

Hopefully you’ve had a chance to catch up on all of my adventures/misadventures at sxsw. as I mentioned, probably the best part of the festival for me was the new discoveries – and as I anxiously wait by the door for Mr. postman to deliver me some new records, I’ve been biding my time listening to tracks from two other releases due out later this spring…

The new albums from Voxtrot and the National = probably my most anticipated of the spring. A new song from each record finally surfaced this week (as a free, legit download) and to put it simply, my appetite is ridiculously whet. If you’ve admired either band’s earlier work, I’m bloody positive you’re going to be into this new sht. Or if these bands are new to you, take note.

Kid Gloves, off Voxtrot’s self-titled debut offers a hooky melody straight from the start with a chorus of vocals doing this “oh oh oh” thing – its great. Ramesh Srivastava’s classic-sounding vocals come in shortly after, rhyming up a storm, leading up to a killer chorus that just soars. You kind of get the jest of how the song’s going to play out early on, but it doesn’t matter one bit - because the payoff in the end is completely huge. The album hits stores May 22nd. Download Kid Gloves here:

Voxtrot – Kid Gloves.mp3

The first track to surface off The National’s upcoming record Boxer, is a beautiful piano-driven pop ditty called Fake Empire. The song opens plainly with a lone piano line, complemented perfectly by Matt Berninger’s deep, smoky vocals. As the song shifts and drums enter, you know you’re in for something epic – but in a brilliant move, the band pulls back, stripping the song down once more before letting loose. From there on, it’s smooth sailing, with a slow build-up full of warm fuzzy guitars and eventually, some kind of trumpet / trombone duel. Pure gold! Boxer is also out on May 22nd. Download Fake Empire here:

The National – Fake Empire.mp3

Posted by Geoff M at March 23, 2007 10:34 AM

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