I Am Kloot - Over MY Shoulder

Shut your mouth, and watch my lips
Can't you feel the healing finger tips
Coming down, on you like rain
So tell me now where do we remain?

What can I say about the legendary I Am Kloot? They've been around forever. They've made all sorts of different types of music, from melodic, elaborate and orchestrated to raw, gleeful rock and many things in-between. Most of it has been great, but my favorite is a throwback: 2003's Gods and Monsters, the first I Am Kloot album I ever heard and the one with "Over My Shoulder" on it. I could listen to that song over and over.

RIYL: Elbow, Badly Drawn Boy, Gene, Eels

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Vinyl Theatre - 30 Seconds

There's a fear in my head
It'll all be forgotten
And what's the point of a memory
Now if I'm only gonna lose it

I don't mind
30 seconds or a lifetime
I don't mind
30 seconds or a lifetime

Today's Most Important song is from a band based in a town we don't get a lot of music from lately (I mean, I can't think of anybody besides the Violent Femmes): Milwaukee. I have heard the Summerfest there is off the charts, though. Anyhow, Vinyl Theater are doing their best to make a name for themselves while straddling a currently popular but hard to pin down sub-genre. Something like post-punk-pop-dancey-rock, I'd say. There's a lot more guitar on their sophomore album (and less synth), and that's neither good nor bad to me, but does say they haven't settled on a particular niche. Thus I'm providing you an odd combination of recommended-if-you-like's.

RIYL: Walk the Moon, Blink 182, COIN, The Killers, Death Cab for Cutie

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HAIM - Little of Your Love

Don't it feel like that night was from a dream
(Ooh, ooh, ooh)
I've never felt nothing like that
Looking at you, looking right back
You say nothing is ever as good as it seems
(Ooh, ooh, ooh)
Stop running your mouth like that
'Cause you know I'm gonna give it right back

I was a big fan of their 2013 release Days Are Gone and so far I'm really enjoying Something To Tell You. It's fun, and clearly showcases Haim's musical and songwriting talent. It was a bit of a challenge to choose a song, in the end I decided to go with "Little of Your Love" because it's a lot of fun.

RIYL: Eisley, Chairlift, CHVRCHES, Lykke Li

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