The Japanese House - Face Like Thunder

| Kerri

And you question your lover, did she really believe
That this new taste of love is obsolete?
It just couldn't compete and so you'll
Keep dragging your body through life by the hair
So you can say that you've been somewhere and you don't care
Of your receipt, you're sentenced to death and you can't be reprieved

Babe, you've got a face like thunder
Always trying to get in and under
Just stay still 'til I say it's over
Babe, you've got a face like thunder

Say sorry for what, for what, for what?
You know I didn't mean it
I said something terrible and I tried to redeem it
I can be so cruel but now I don't seem it
 

The Japanese House were another SXSW discovery, although unfortunately a casualty of my overfull and overlapping who-to-see wish list, didn't get to see [her] perform live. The solo project of Londoner Amber Bain, she chose the moniker based upon a childhood vacation, staying in a thusly-named cottage in Devon, during which she pretended to be a boy. England appears to be the capital nation for androgyny (amongst all the obvious music history examples that leap to mind, see also Eliot Sumner).

RIYL: Imogen Heap, Chairlift, Frou Frou, Christine and the Queens

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Weezer - Feels Like Summer

| Kerri

Climbing up the tower
Just a boy and his computer
I'm still in my bathrobe
Hiding in the shadows
I'm not used to losing
Bye, bye, sugar blue eyes
Go home with the angels
Thank you for being so kind

I'm holding on and I don't want to let you go

Yeah it feels like summer
Yeah it feels like summer to me
Yeah it feels like summer
Yeah it feels like summer to me
And she was a lover to me, to me, to me, to me

Yeah, it does feel like summer here in Austin: occasionally stormy, but temps hovering between 80-90 degrees Fahrenheit. And yeah, summer doesn't always mean happy. The heat gets oppressive, and ya know, shit happens. I love upbeat Weezer songs, but for those who prefer the darker Weezer (think: Pinkerton - and I love that, too) your wishes are soon to be granted. The band announced recently they have begun work on their Black Album, and added "It's about to get real." Although I'm curious what that means for this new single... is it a one off? It's joyful da-da-da-da's seem like they belong on last year's White Album. And then again, can we take the men of Weezer seriously? Exhibit A: their Ultimate Summer Jams playlist on Spotify. Regardless, I'm excited to see them (my first time) at Boston Calling late next month!

RIYL: Jimmy Eat World, Cake, Death Cab for Cutie, Beck

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Del Paxton - Koolwink

| Keith
Outside of the motel and I'm drunk
watching cars
Out in August an early star
So slow, green and gold and low
One night so slow, it's green and gold and glowing
I'm knee high and drunk, getting up, held your gaze and fell for us

"Koolwink" by Buffalo-based Del Paxton brings me back to my youth in Seattle, the jangly mid-west style garage rock jam sound and the lyrics put me right back, on my old porch on a warm summer morning, watching the sun come up over green trees, beer in hand, anticipating a short rest and another long day of sunshine and shenanigans. 

RIYL: Sunny Day Real Estate, Sinai Vessel, Braid, The Get Up Kids

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