I really don’t mention the long winters nearly enough. well now there’s even more reason to mention them. Their soon to be released LP, Putting the Days to Bed, has made it’s way on to the intertron and has magically ended up on my ipod. It’s pretty upbeat for John Roderick who’s lyrics have been known to be a little… how do you say… depressing.
This album follows up the Ultimatum EP with more big rich arrangements of pop-rock gobbledy-goop gold. I would probably defer to Roderick’s material when it’s more paired down, like this acoustic set on kexp, because his voice is so damn enthralling.
I spent a horrible amount of time trying to decide which songs to post. After far too much consideration I decided on three songs. And after a quick perusal on the hype machine I found that only one of them has already hit the blog-o-sphere. Pushover is your standard Long Winters fare as it’s catchy as hell. Next up is one of the lower tempo track from the album, Hindsight. The song has got some great lyrics but the absolute prize line is…
Are you still training for the big race, by hoping the runners will die.
Last up is (It’s A) Departure. It’s pure unadulterated feel good power pop which is bound to get even the stiffest head bobbling. So, without further ado…
the long winters - pushover [HERE] [or HERE]
the long winters - pushover (acoustic) [HERE]
the long winters - hindsight [MP3]
the long winters - (it’s a) departure [MP3]
And stay tuned, as this week I’ll be posting new music by the hidden cameras, headlights, and some unreleased bootlegs of Jason Collett live in Seattle.
seems some long winters fans didn’t take too well to my writing. see here. if i make some guy “hate living” then I pray he never comes across xanga
if it’s any consolation, those people are tremendous douchebags. isn’t the whole point of a blog to just say whatever? who has an editor for their blog anyway? do those guys have editors on their blogs? does anyone seriously, seriously give a shit?
I liked your review and, if it’s any consolation, the folks on our message board have corrected me too… ABOUT THE MEANING OF MY OWN DAMN LYRICS!
[...] I was also lucky enough to snag a copy of the new album from Barsuk’s owner Josh Rosenfeld, who only had a couple to spare. After running back to my office to grab a marker, I returned to where John played to see if I could get an autograph. He was still around and we started to chat. If you’re a regular reader of awardtour, you might remember that I reviewed the album about a month back. I followed up the post by pointing out that some fans on the Long Winters forum really didn’t appreciate my writing. This became even crazier when someone posted a comment saying they actually were John Roderick and said they actually enjoyed my review. So, as you can imagine, I just had to ask him about this… [...]