The Beautiful Girls - We're Already Gone
Few people if anyone at all know my musical tastes better than Sharon. For my birthday she gave me two CDs one of which is We're Already Gone by The Beautiful Girls. It has been on heavy rotation in my playlist as it is quite good.
The first minute or so of the record is a jazzy musicgasm. They couldn't have started on a better note.
The record is mostly reggae mixed with a bit of blues and perhaps some hard-funk (think Just Like Larry) all infused with a splash of jazz here and there. The bass-lines are phenomenal and I really like the Harperesque feel to Mat's voice (I think he is the lead-singer, but not 100% sure). There is also a couple of acoustic songs that are very good. At several points the songs remind me of a nostalgic version of Sublime. Specially when the lyrics read "crazy, crazy fools" Duh! :-)
The infusion of jazz into the reggae really deserves some mention as it is quite a difficult thing to do and they pull it off really nicely. I wonder if they have horns at their live shows. Looks like I won't be finding out for a while as the North American tour has just been cancelled. :-/
The lyrics are mostly good. A few songs here and there that are of the I-love-you-baby-girl type which needless to say are not my favorite. However, Let's Take the Long Way Home has a strange hold over me. I'll go ahead and refuge my musical ideology under the harmonica riffs in said song. The other songs have a very urban social consciousness going for them. The lyrics could be a bit more poetic, but I also like that they aren't.
They are independent so brownie points there. I think they have some free stuff at their site, but I recommend buying the record as it is one of those that gains something by being listened to from beginning to end.
The first minute or so of the record is a jazzy musicgasm. They couldn't have started on a better note.
The record is mostly reggae mixed with a bit of blues and perhaps some hard-funk (think Just Like Larry) all infused with a splash of jazz here and there. The bass-lines are phenomenal and I really like the Harperesque feel to Mat's voice (I think he is the lead-singer, but not 100% sure). There is also a couple of acoustic songs that are very good. At several points the songs remind me of a nostalgic version of Sublime. Specially when the lyrics read "crazy, crazy fools" Duh! :-)
The infusion of jazz into the reggae really deserves some mention as it is quite a difficult thing to do and they pull it off really nicely. I wonder if they have horns at their live shows. Looks like I won't be finding out for a while as the North American tour has just been cancelled. :-/
The lyrics are mostly good. A few songs here and there that are of the I-love-you-baby-girl type which needless to say are not my favorite. However, Let's Take the Long Way Home has a strange hold over me. I'll go ahead and refuge my musical ideology under the harmonica riffs in said song. The other songs have a very urban social consciousness going for them. The lyrics could be a bit more poetic, but I also like that they aren't.
They are independent so brownie points there. I think they have some free stuff at their site, but I recommend buying the record as it is one of those that gains something by being listened to from beginning to end.
posted by rz at 6:14 PM
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Their new album Water comes out October 10th, I've already ordered a copy for myself, very excited! They are really popping these albums out right now. I'm really glad you like it, despite some of the lyrics. ;) (Sha)
Awesome! Album-pumping from them is good. I really want to see them live, though :-/
So, yeah, okay, I want...opposed to burning me a copy?
okay bye,
xow
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