Yesterday I received the
unfortunate news that Georgie James will not be playing here on Friday,
which almost killed my week until I realized that their absence will allow
me to see Bryan Scary instead. I don't think it will be the same, but
good music is good music, right? Anyhow, on November 2, which is the
day before Fun Fun Fun Fest starts, Robbers On High Street will be in town
rocking a free show. I was asked to cover it, but I won't be able to
make it because of work related reasons. So, since I proved myself to
be useless in showing up to support a band that I like I figured I would
just do so by rambling about one of the other standout tracks from their new
album, Grand Animals, that's been floating around. Enjoy.
:Robbers
On High Street - Crown Victoria:
I really like that this isn't exactly like the Fatalist,
which I posted in an EP some months ago. That song
kind of felt like a neat-o version of an unreleased Spoon
song, whereas this is kind of like a mid-career Spoon
effort. Ok, so maybe these guys sound more than a
little like the famed Austin band in just about everything
that they do. But, like I've been saying more and more
these days, if you aren't going to be original then at least
be really good at what you do. I'd say this is a fine
example of a band doing just that.
This video
isn't of the highest quality, but it's pretty solid.
Plus, it shows off another new song, which is kind of the
point anyways. It's called Across Your Knee and
it was recorded at the High Noon Saloon in Madison,
Wisconsin. Watch and love.
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