what's more exciting than spousal abuse, 60's music, and a dash of an indie favorite? petrov LOVES the remake of the 60s "controversial" song "He Hit Me" by Grizzly Bear on their new album 'Friend'. The song is dark, but retains that 60s "happy" sound and was written to advocate against spousal abuse. So very odd, but petrov likes it.
Grizzly Bear - He Hit Me
petrov had an all out 4-day weekend. petrov feels like more energy is exerted on his social life than on his work life. the week will provide him the necessary time to recover from the weekend. the highlight of the weekend was seeing the X. he was in town running a conference and spent his day off with petrov. brunch was obtained from U St followed by an unexpected shopping spree in georgetown and finally finished off with watching "The Host". though korean and about a monster, it provided a mish-mash of a drama movie to a scary movie to a funny movie to a sad movie that muddled altogether to apparently win some number of awards abroad.
but the point to the story was that the X and petrov visited a cute little indie record store on M St. where the aforemnetion movie was purchased The Klaxons new album, "Myths of the Near Future." Upon listening to the first song, petrov immediately recognized the sound and when it finally came to him he said "Bloc Party." The Klaxons though easily categorized with Bloc Party have a slighty more genre bending nature to them. The second song's entrance could easily have come from any mainstream club, but quickly peals back to reveal melody you would be more apt to find at Taint (here). So far petrov likes the album, though several songs that are mediocre on the cd have been attested to being fabulous live according to the X.
who wants that sweater for christmas?
The Klaxons - Atlantis to Interzone
