It's finally on its way. Avey Tare, arguably the principle genius behind Animal Collective, is releasing his debut solo album, Down There, in 3 weeks. Brace yourself for unpleasant Person Pitch comparisons for months to come.
Since there hasn't been a "Track of The Day" post in a few days I decided to post one of the songs that I have been listening to lately. One track that I have been really feeling is "Whirring" by The Joy Formidable, a band from North Wales. This song is off their album A Balloon Called Moaning. "Whirring" sounds like some of the newer Yeah Yeah Yeahs' work. The song opens up with a guitar riff that sounds like something by Big Country and keeps the listener drawn in until the end.
Deerhunter's new album leaked today, and it's fantastic. I don't know if I can rank it above Microcastle yet, but it's definitely in my top ten for 2010. Here's the lead single from the album, "Revival".
And only because it took me literally eight years of my life to discern enough lyrics from this song to search it on Google and find out what it was, despite this being played probably once a week or more on the radio station I work at.