"walking with the ghost"...yup, it's fab. I'm so taken with their singing and their quirky songwriting. There's something in em immediately recognizeable BUT weirdly inventive at the same time; like they came to the indie/pop conclusion all by themselves, without ever having been overinfluenced by anyone. or maybe it's just that exotic Canadian flavour, who knows. But you're right, frequently women's voices are less appealing to me than men's (I know, I know, I'm a sexist bitch) and these ladies fly right over that hurdle with no problem. also digging, in smaller bits until i find more by them: phoenix aloha milton mapes comas nourallah brothers and does anyone know anything about the dammitheads, and why they should sound exactly like Spoon? cheers, -- kelly np: swell - next to nothing --- Jake Beamer wrote: > heh my girlfriend is crazed over them.. just missed > seeing them > recently here near boston. however - new album is ok > - i prefer the > first 1/2 of their prior album.. but damn - > > track 8. "smoking with the ghost"? is that what it's > called? could > listen to that song ALL DAY. amazing. so simple. > they need to do more > simple cool stuff like that and get out of that > droney vocal rut they > occasionally get in. > > that said, everyone needs to hear "smoking with the > ghost". and first > half of prior album... "monday, monday", etc. > > its tough for me to dig female vocalists and i LOVE > some of this. > > -jake > > -- > Jake Beamer > offbeat pop songwriter/record producer > http://www.jakebeamer.com > 603.264.2247 > ======================================================================= > Detailed Audities-List information: > > To manage your Audities List settings or > unsubscribe: > > ===== arma non servant modum __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com