long we were held / in the thrum and the desperate heat of the clubs

[meresy]

Guys, allow me to tell you about the AMAZEBALLS concert I went to last night. See, Hey Rosetta! are a St. John's band I heard for the first time when I got my hands on the long list for the 2009 Polaris Music Prize, and their second album Into Your Lungs was up for consideration. It was love. They just put out a new album, Seeds, that I bought the

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[meresy]

I saw them once at the Verge Awards in '09 (I was on their guest list, from a FB offer) and it was super awesome. Most of the people were there to see Metric, so with HR! as openers in a little club it was really great. I remember they did "Tired Eyes", which was the only song missing for me in Thursday's set. I ALMOST saw them for free again in Burlington last June, but got ill right after the first song, and as a huge storm rolled up. So seeing this concert seemed way overdue.

I don't have the technical vocabulary to describe what it is precisely that captures me about their music. It's the whole thing, between Tim Baker's voice (and his writing) just being really appealing to me, the strings, and all the tempo changes and crescendos that are just so satisfying.

They're like your best friend's band

Yes! I want to go hang with them on George Street and shoot the shit. They make me wish I had musical skills so I could jam with them. It's this whole kitchen music thing. They make me homesick for Newfoundland and I've only been there once. ♥

...I really nead an HR! icon of some kind.