Girlyman + Winter Camping + Anything else I can think of to delay reading Frankenstein
During the all-too-brief-but-still-wonderful time I spent with Sandra and Peter at winter camping, when Sandra wasn't pulverizing people during british bulldog and red rover, they mentioned they heard Girlyman at our house during the summer party and liked them. So here's a couple songs for you guys, and anyone else who is in the mood for some gorgeous harmonizing.
I was initially introduced to this band by way of a fantastic music sharing livejournal community I'm in. The person posting said of Girlyman: "One word. Harmonies." And that's about it. They have the most incredible braiding together of voices I've ever heard. The first song I ever heard was Amaze Me, which Sandra described as giving her chills. I totally agree. My strongest memory of this song was on the fourth of July. Our family had just gotten back from the Andrews' lake house, and Carolyn, Dad, April and I were rushing to Libby's building to see fireworks. Carolyn and I felt that Amaze Me was pretty much the perfect song to listen to on Independence Day, since it's about America but in a totally off-kilter way. We were running through downtown Rochester in the middle of the night, and it felt like the end of the world. The fireworks had already started, so no one was really on the streets, just random people running around like we were. There was steam coming up through the manhole covers and the sky kept lighting up with fireworks and the air would crackle with the booms. It was like a movie. It was amazing. So naturally, "Amaze Me" is a very appropriate song.
I don't have any cool stories to tell about the other two songs, but they are also wonderful. "Young James Dean" is actually pretty up-tempo, considering it's Girlyman. It's fantastically genderbendy.
"The Shape I Found You In" is gorgeous and heartbreaking. I only really got hooked on this song over winter camping. But it is absolutely beautiful. I don't know what else to say about it other than you must hear it. Oh, and it's really sad. Just FYI.
Anyway, after that looong intro, here they are:
Amaze Me
Young James Dean
The Shape I Found You In
I wanted to write about other aspects of my life, but I'm strangely exhausted and I need to read Frankenstein. Winter Camping was unbelievably wonderful, of course. Every year is amazing, but this year I think was the most relaxing. I avoided drama. I knitted. Whatever I was doing, for the most part I just felt very content. And now I miss everyone very very much.
School is better this semester. I'm still not especially interested in it, but it isn't killing me. It's way easier. I just go and sort of zone out. So that's something. Hate the commute.
I still don't know what I want to do with my life, but I know I need to get out of Rochester and out from under everyone else's shadows. I'm tired of being there. Of being here.
Enjoy the beautiful music.
I was initially introduced to this band by way of a fantastic music sharing livejournal community I'm in. The person posting said of Girlyman: "One word. Harmonies." And that's about it. They have the most incredible braiding together of voices I've ever heard. The first song I ever heard was Amaze Me, which Sandra described as giving her chills. I totally agree. My strongest memory of this song was on the fourth of July. Our family had just gotten back from the Andrews' lake house, and Carolyn, Dad, April and I were rushing to Libby's building to see fireworks. Carolyn and I felt that Amaze Me was pretty much the perfect song to listen to on Independence Day, since it's about America but in a totally off-kilter way. We were running through downtown Rochester in the middle of the night, and it felt like the end of the world. The fireworks had already started, so no one was really on the streets, just random people running around like we were. There was steam coming up through the manhole covers and the sky kept lighting up with fireworks and the air would crackle with the booms. It was like a movie. It was amazing. So naturally, "Amaze Me" is a very appropriate song.
I don't have any cool stories to tell about the other two songs, but they are also wonderful. "Young James Dean" is actually pretty up-tempo, considering it's Girlyman. It's fantastically genderbendy.
"The Shape I Found You In" is gorgeous and heartbreaking. I only really got hooked on this song over winter camping. But it is absolutely beautiful. I don't know what else to say about it other than you must hear it. Oh, and it's really sad. Just FYI.
Anyway, after that looong intro, here they are:
Amaze Me
Young James Dean
The Shape I Found You In
I wanted to write about other aspects of my life, but I'm strangely exhausted and I need to read Frankenstein. Winter Camping was unbelievably wonderful, of course. Every year is amazing, but this year I think was the most relaxing. I avoided drama. I knitted. Whatever I was doing, for the most part I just felt very content. And now I miss everyone very very much.
School is better this semester. I'm still not especially interested in it, but it isn't killing me. It's way easier. I just go and sort of zone out. So that's something. Hate the commute.
I still don't know what I want to do with my life, but I know I need to get out of Rochester and out from under everyone else's shadows. I'm tired of being there. Of being here.
Enjoy the beautiful music.