I Am A Song Assassin

I thought I might get back to posting some tunes around here when trying to procrastinate from doing work, and 120am on a Sunday seems like a great time to do such a thing. And considering how often I put off doing my work (and the sheer unbridled joy that I get from doing so), maybe I can start being a productive blog contributor once again. Yes, they're called aspirations, people.

So what is a song assassin? Well, it's someone - like myself - who will hear a new song that he (or she) REALLY really likes and then proceed to listen to that song about 283 times over the following few weeks. Surely you've done this before: you find a great new song and then that tune gets stuck in your head, and rather than being content with your own glorious, internal rendition, you HAVE to hear it again. And again. And 23 more times for that one chord progression that - and I'm pretty sure about this - no band has ever figured out before ever. (Only problem being that, like, all of them have).

In the vast majority of cases, this leads to becoming quite sick of the song or worse, actively hating it. I've been doing this to songs I like since I was a fetus, and it's both annoying and reassuring, at least in the sense that I can continue to bang my head against a wall and expect a different outcome each time. I'm not certain why that's a reassuring thing, but it is. Bear with me.

Which brings me to today's 2 songs, which I'm doing my darndest to assassinate the hell out of right now. Again, I don't WANT to find myself sick of these songs in a week or two, but it's going to happen to at least one of them, probably both. Take my word for it. So while I'm at it, won't you join me in liking these songs so much that you assassinate them to? You know you want to.

Song #1 comes from a band called Drummer, which is the side project of The Black Keys' drummer, Patrick Carney, and four other drummers from Ohio-based bands. Carney actually plays bass in the band, and I'm not sure who does the singing, but judging by this song, I'm pretty sure he likes early Aerosmith A LOT. Their debut album is called "Feel Good Together" and from what I have heard of it, it's very good.

Drummer - Mature Fantasy

Song numero dos comes from my current album obsession, "Up From Below," by Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros. They're a little esoteric, but that's why I like them: so I can say that I like them and it shows that I'm cooler than those of you who "don't get it" like I do. Yeah, that's it. (Perhaps not coincidentally, this is also why I use the word "esoteric"). Either way, get the album (then listen to it). It's muy bueno. Special thanks to Jake for this recommendation.

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - 40 Day Dream

Assassinate away!