Songs I think you should be listening to (pt. 2)

Hello again.

I'm not drunk this time. But for some reason I keep feeling the need to do these blogs at 1 in the morning. Stupid. Here's some more songs that you should be listening to.

Husky-

Don't really remember how I stumbled upon this song or this band. The melody had me hooked the moment I first heard it though, and it carried me through the rest of this spectacularly arranged tune. I get strange feelings in my stomach everytime I listen to it. The rest of the album is unfortunately rather uninspired in comparison, but at least the video is neat.

yMusic-

If I had to pick a favorite album of 2014(and I don't have to do anything you tell me to, jerk) it'd be yMusic's "Balance Problems". It's produced by Ryan Lott (aka Son Lux(aka one of my favorite musicians ever)) and features several composers(one of them Sufjan) who each contribute a song or two that make up the whole album. I've honestly only listened to it about 3 times, mainly cause I know if I'm gonna put it on I have to just sit and listen and do nothing else. It's a beautiful world of sound to get lost in. This is one of my favored tracks from it, but honestly you just need to go buy it on bandcamp, throw on some headphones then sit and listen.

Vulfpeck-

This band is one of my favorite finds of last year. My friend Dan(and bass player of Ancient Mariner) introduced me to this group after practice one night. What followed was about 45 minutes of us drinking beer, watching all of their videos, and geeking out over the musical awesomeness of this band. Putting on any of their EP's is the danciest decision you'll make all day, and the best decision. This is probably my favorite song of theirs, if only because the drum fills starting right before the 2 minute mark are absolutely orgasmic. I dunno how else to say it. These dudes just slay. Basically always.

Marika Hackman-

If you follow me on twitter(and you do because how the hell else did you find this blog) you've probably seen me talking about this lady and her lovely album. She writes the most beautiful melodies, gorgeous lyrics, and dreamy chord progressions. I was trying to sleep the other night and literally could not because this song was in my head, and it was spooking the hell out of me for some reason. So I grabbed my phone and listened to it, which spooked me out some more. Then I started the album from the beginning, found all her lyrics online and gave the album another listen through at 1 in the morning while reading her lyrics. The album ended and I just sat there until 4 in the morning thinking about it. I couldn't get the music out of my head til I finally just fell asleep from total exhaustion.Songs and albums don't do that to me very often, you guys.

Anyways. Bedtime I guess... hopefully.

Gabriel