MOG

Anyone who has talked with me about music for longer than 10 minutes will tell you, my favorite band you haven't heard of (yet!) is My Architects. Everyone has that band, right? The one you love dearly and feel should be HUGE and you secretly make it your life's mission to help them get the recognition they deserve. There's also that part of you that doesn't want them to get famous, cause then you'll have to share them with everyone else. You know what I'm talking about.

I discovered My Architects a little over a year ago, while listening to a UK radio station via the internet. Very little work was done that day as every time a song came on that I liked I immediately started scribbling down lyrics in case the DJ didn't identify the artist and song. (Or in case I couldn't understand the DJ. Pesky accents!) The song that caught my attention was "Under the Pines." Lucky for me it was readily available for download and my new obsession was born. I was soon their "friend" on the MySpace and even started chatting it up on their forum.

Back in June my Dad gave all of us a huge scare. It started with a trip to the emergency room, followed by tests and lots of waiting and loads of worrying. While waiting and wondering what was wrong and what (if any) treatment Dad might have to undergo, I immediately sought out some soothing music. Desperate for something to calm my extremely frayed nerves, I started spinning "Grand Designs" and it was exactly what I needed. I remember driving home that night and thinking, "I wish I had some more Architects."

The next day, completely out of the blue, I get an email from My Architects. It contained ten new songs. They said they had been in the studio working and they weren't kidding. Part of me wanted to share my bounty with my friends, but an even larger part of me felt I should keep them to myself. They felt precious. (My precious!) So I've Bogarted the tunes until now. I noticed today the Architects have posted this on their mySpace, so I feel okay about spreading it around. Actually I feel I should spread it around as I never quite found a way to say, "Thanks for lifting my spirits in ways you can't even imagine." So the next best thing I can do is continue on my quest to make them ridiculously famous.

This is my favorite one in the batch. I adore Aid Burrows' voice.

(From their tour of Canada last year. Lovely looking bunch, no?)

Dad's doing okay at the moment btw, but life seems rather determined to kick him while he's down. It's a bummer I can't seem to wish that away.