Super Late...

i usually never post a blog this late, but on tuesday after helping my dad with some stuff, i went to take a nap and didn't wake up until after 11pm. now i'm wide awake and can't get back to sleep unless i take some nyquil or sleeping pills which i probably shouldn't. anyway, i have been thinking about this post all day and meant to do it earlier, but oh well.

the music i love the most is always different each day. for some reason i have been playing the tunes of this one band the past week and weekend, so i guess that leads me to want to post about them. they are called Settlefish.



this band formed in 1998 in bologna italy and is lead by canadian singer jonathan clancy. i first read about these guys in the very back of an alternative press issue. they were showcasing their specific album list that they always do in the last few pages. the topics usually are something specific, and this time i think it was about great emo albums and maybe something to do with traveling. anyway, this issue named a few bands i have never heard of. bands like Texas is the Reason, Seaweed, Cross My Heart and settlefish. i of course wrote these all down and looked them up when i got back to my computer. i loved everyone of them differently, and each one spent many days and nights being jammed through my thick headphones and ipod. recently, like i mentioned, settlefish have been getting much needed listening time.

what can i say about these guys??? for one, they make great emotional music without all the fuss and glamor. this is elegant stuff and full of the mathy/twinkly parts that just ooze with the addictive flavor i seem to enjoy of late. the band compliments the singer quite well and the lyrics are just downright awesome and inspiring. i really REALLY hope that those of you who might read my blog check this band out. for sure, you will discover something great and ready to be played.

with only three albums to date, the band is of a small scale and not known much over here except by those who cling to this type of genre (me...) and dig deep through the fields of music to find new discoveries and holy grails. i have read on many sites and blogs about this "mecca" of great music out there that is just waiting to be discovered. i hope my blog can help you reach that special place. okay, so let's start right here with their debut album, Dance A While, Upset. this is just a great emotional piece of music that crunches with each guitar string pluck and drum beat. the singing is raw and a bit off key which i think is just lovely. the bands other albums won't sound this immediate again, but of course, that is not a bad thing at all. with their second album, The Plural of the Quoir, settlefish reformatted their style and made an excellent indie pop record. this albums just drools with fine craftsmanship and even more of that twinkly sound. song lengths have been cut shorter in order to make the focus up front and personal. this is a band showcasing their own knack for creative goodness. and in third and last we have Oh Dear! which is the next evolution of the band. take everything that was great from the first two records and mix it together and there you have it. really REALLY great stuff here.

like i said, this is awesome music and i hope that you all take my advice and give it a good listen. write me up to tell me if you like it or not. it's okay to post your opinions on anything here. i encourage it!!!


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Abandon your safety belt
Horizon could be possible
Just to emancipate yourself
From the mess we're in
And i've locked the brakes for good
Now debate can finally start
About decisions edging rough
Now recreate a universe
It's like a second skip of blank
It's like a moment of bliss
Free falling towards active
Transitions won't escape me

And i've locked the brakes for good
Now debate can finally start
About decisions edging rough
Now recreate a universe
It's like a second skip of blank
It's like a moment of bliss
Free falling towards active
Transitions won't escape me

I shot the breeze
Avant garde alignment is
A freer form of cloud
To reshape and now remould
To remould and now reshape
Into a splash of water

Horizon could be possible

It's like a second skip of blank
It's like a moment of bliss
Free falling towards active
Transitions won't escape me

I shot the breeze
Avant garde alignment is
A freer form of cloud
To reshape and now remould
To remould and now reshape
Into a splash of water bubbles