love em and keep em

I always come back to this song. It takes awhile to get going but it's good in a dreamy sort of way. It's the beats of Dntel (which is one of the guys from the Postal Service) with Ben Gibbard (from Death Cab For Cutie) singing. The vocals sound kind of breathy yet determined: a good combo. If you like this one then check out the Dntel song called "Rock My Boat"




Also, check out this song by Tarkio, one of Colin Meloy (from The Decemberists) first bands. I'm not a huge fan of Tarkio's other stuff but this one makes you want to sigh after hearing it. It has a similar feeling to the Dntel song although it's more twangy. But afterwards you're like damn. okay. now what? and then you listen to it again.

On a semi-related note, check out the artwork of Carson Ellis, Colin Meloy's wife. She used to do a lot of flyers for The Decemberists way back when and she did the artwork for a lot of their CDs including The Crane Wife and Castaways and Cutouts, two of my favorites. I'll also post one of my favorite songs from Castaways and Cutouts, which is called "Here I Dreamt I was An Architect." I just want to say that The Decemberists and Colin Meloy are really great live which is hard to come by since it seems like a lot of the songs now have auto tune and sound horrible live. I saw them at the Calvin Theater in Northampton, MA awhile back on Halloween(!) and it was amazing. And also the Colin Meloy Sings Live! CD is worth checking out. He has some good side commentary going in between songs. Enough chatter, here are the videos. Let me know what you think!