f.your.pain.away.
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I realize that it’s been awhile since I’ve had a bonafide music post. Mostly because it’s been a long time since I’ve found something that y’all didn’t introduce me too. So – I had a double craving for something new – something just mine, if only for a second before I shared it with y’all. That doesn’t happen a lot because I’m too lazy to search for good stuff – all my emusic downloads go to waste every month. But, tonight I popped into the itunes store and within, no shit, 5 minutes I found something that grabbed me.Snakehouse by The Cliks is one of the new rock releases on their main page. I test clicked a few songs and they reminded me of The Heartless Bastards in that garage rocky, strong vocals kind of way. After 5 or so previews I was sold and bought the album. I am not a good reviewer. This is what I can tell you: (1) it’s gorgeous. The songs on the album were written after the end of a long-term relationship (and a plethora of other shit the singer was going through at the time). It deals, angrily, with the aftermath of that. (2) my initial Heartless Bastard comparison was almost right. The vocals are the highlight of the music and they are, in turns, aching and aggressive. The music itself is pure garage rock. (3) They’re Canadian and I know some of y’all are always on the look out for a good Canadian band. I watched an interview and the lead singer even says “aboot” – so cute. :P (4) I haven’t found a song on the album I don’t like yet. Which is pretty damn amazing. I will say that the album has a cover of “Cry Me a River” but on youtube I saw a 30 second clip of them covering “Irreplaceable” in concert and I wish that had been on the album instead. (5)Post title is the very first lyric of the very first song on the album. And you *know* how I feel about gratuitous use of the f wordI haven’t even had a chance to really sink into the nooks and crannies of this album and I’m already madly in love with it. You can bet your ass that I’m going to find a chance to disappear alone tomorrow in my car for 40.2 minutes. Or possibly 80.4 minutes –with the windows down and the stereo cranked.Here’s the video for “Oh Yeah”
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