An email informing me about a
label by the name of Silverthree Sound Recordings popped up in my inbox this
weekend with some impressive material from its roster. The label,
which is based out of DC, is home to a variety of artists such as Retisonic,
Standstill and Cardia but today I am going to focus on the two that
currently have new albums, Two If By Sea and Soft Complex. A fresh
roster of bands is not the only thing that SSR has going for them though as
the main brains of the operation are none other than Mike Harbin (Burning
Airplanes, Jawbox) and three of his closest friends: Eric, Cyn and Jody.
Sure, an accomplished musician and some of his friends running a label may
not be groundbreaking but SSR is here to show that doing both what you love
and what works is often better than being the first to find out that the
moon is not made out of cheese, if you know what I mean. Enjoy the
music.
:Soft
Complex - Barcelona:
I'm surprised that I haven't really heard any buzz about this band
before this weekend, especially since the band is made up of former members
of Engine Down, Burning Airlines, Phaser and Trixie Delicious and
they have Ratatat, Electric 6, The Sounds, Junior Senior and Bishop Allen on
the list of bands that they have opened for. In any case this five
piece from DC just released their debut EP, Barcelona, in November
and the title track is what's available for download today. The song,
which is very new wave, is insanely catchy and has been stuck in my head for
awhile, now it can be stuck in yours.
:Two If By Sea - Report From Damage Control:
Remember that movie about a decade or so ago titled Two If By Sea?
Well if you do then you probably remember that it was awful and while I
can't say for sure if this band did or did not name themselves after it I
will say that they are as far away from awful as they could possible be.
The Baltimore quartet just dropped their latest full length, Safety,
in October and after listening to the entire thing I am loving their dark
wave Editors-esque sound. Report From Damage Control is one of
the better songs from the album and it is probably going to inspire you
bounce around your apartment, enjoy.
Barcelona and Safety can be purchased
here and Soft Complex is on Myspace
here while Two If By Sea is
here.
Also, I just got AIM and my screen name is TheJohnLaird, IM me sometime if
you would like to chat.
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