On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 15:00:18 -0500 audities-owner@smoe.org writes:
> hmm...sorry if this is an obvious rerun to the rest of yall, but the 
> pernice brothers' 'yours, mine, and ours' earned a slot on my 
> personal eternal playlist.  bonus:  remarkably, they are even better 
> live.

Good record, but I personally prefer "The World Won't End".

And while we're on 2003 releases, I have to own up to a bit of voter's
remorse.  I bought a couple dozen CDs at Princeton Record Exchange this
past November, several of which came out in 2003.  At the end of the
year, I pulled all of those out of the stack so I could listen to them
before I submitted my Top 20 list.  Or at least I thought I got them all.

Towards the end of January, towards the bottom of the pile, I came across
a CD by The Lucksmiths called Naturaliste, which I had picked up because
their name sounded familiar.  A couple of songs in, I thought "wow, this
is really good -- when did it come out?" and found to my dismay that it
was a 2003 release.  If only I had known and listened to it sooner, it
definitely would have been in my top 5.  It might even have been bumped
up a notch for the cheekiest Smiths reference ever, a song called There
Is A Boy That Never Goes Out.  Musically, it has a Smiths / Belle &
Sebastian vibe but is sparse, simple, not overly mopey.  Maybe more along
the lines of the aforementioned Bros. Pernice.  Great stuff!

g

P.S.  Harris -- Have you earned your way out of your little moderated
cell?



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