Monday, September 20, 2010

Music Monday - The Walkmen

Taking a cue from Catcher in the Wry, it's Music Monday here at the house of NSPJ.

Last week, AB and I went to the Fillmore to see one of our favorite bands, the Walkmen. I guess you could say they're kind of "our" band--we went to our first Walkmen show together in 2002, roughly a year after we started dating, and the year their album Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone was released. Since then, we've seen them together more than a half-dozen times.

At the show, they played some old favorites as well as a lot of stuff from their new album, Lisbon, which was released that very day. We picked up a copy, and it's been on heavy rotation at home ever since.

At this point, my affection for the Walkmen is more than a little sentimental, but I have a feeling after a listen or two, you'll fall in love with their sound--a combination of gravelly vocals, vintage guitars, and delicate piano:




1 comment:

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