Through sheer laziness, I’ve flirted around with the idea of compiling The Daily Graboid every two-three weeks as opposed to the regular way of doing it once per week. I’m not sure which format I prefer, so I’ll just leave it up to you guys. To be honest, I’m leaning towards just sticking with the original format. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it — right?
Anyways, as you can see with the list, I’m missing a few of the bigger releases from the past few weeks (Regina Spektor, Wilco, etc.). With so much ground to cover, I decided to just include the albums that had a free download attached to it, so if there’s anything I may have left off, feel free to let us know!
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Blue Roses,
Bowerbirds,
Brian Olive,
Broken Records,
Chris Garneau,
Deer Tick,
Dinosaur Jr.,
Discovery,
Foreign Born,
God Help The Girl,
Luke Top,
Oneida,
Reverie Sound Revue,
Royal City,
Son Volt,
Spinnerette,
Stellastar*,
Sunset Rubdown,
The Antlers,
The Bats,
The Budos Band,
The Daily Graboid,
The Minus 5,
The Phenomenal Handclap Band,
Those Darlins,
Tiny Vipers,
Tom Brosseau,
Tortoise,
UuVvWwZ,
We Were Promised Jetpacks
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![Broken_Records2[1]](http://theyellowstereo.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Broken_Records21.jpg)
There’s something about a Scottish accent that allows a singer to be as emotionally ragged as he wants without crossing over into dreaded ‘emo’ territory. Broken Records will probably remind some of the Twilight Sad in this respect, as both vocalists tend to sing with an emotional intensity that goes straight for the heart. However, Broken Records would be the piano-and-strings cousins to the Twilight Sad’s post-rock leanings. Each song on their debut, Until the Earth Begins to Part, has that same emotional intesity, but the music is more varied, with piano pieces and gorgeous bursts of strings to accompany the guitars. In my book, it’s the perfect balance of urgency and beauty all the way through. I’ll let the songs below speak for themselves, but if you enjoy these I can guarantee you’ll enjoy the whole album.
The album is out in the U.S. this Tuesday, July 7, via 4 AD.
MP3: Broken Records :: “If the News Makes You Sad, Don’t Watch It”
MP3: Broken Records :: “If Eilert Loevborg Wrote A Song, It Would Sound Like This”
And you can check out the stop-motion video for the title track on Youtube.
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Broken Records
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