May 17, 2010 01:02 AM by
Jiahui
It took me forever to listen to this band, but I am SO glad I downloaded the free song they had available on their website like a couple months ago, because now I'm hooked. When I heard that The National's 2007 album The Boxer was one of the best albums of the decade, I thought they were just another "alternative/indie rock" band and I didn't bother to listen to them, and oh man I really should have. The lead singer Matt Berninger's voice and baritone is AMAZING.
OMG THAT VOICE. The video is so, so, so bad but I love the song.
Anyway, the reason why I'm blogging about them (because it's not like they're a new band, haha) is that their new album just came out!! And by just I mean a week or so ago, but hey I haven't been able to keep up with anything these days. High Violet was released on May 10, and it's really awesome. Needless to say, my favourite song from the album is "Bloodbuzz Ohio" (the song above!), so I hope all of you like it. Though it's like, the first time I heard it and heard the word "bloodbuzz" (is that even really a word?), WHAT DOES THAT MEAN!?!? Honestly, I still don't know, and the google results prove useless, lol, they're all results about the song.
And! And! And! I know some people are going to complain about them 'selling out' or whatever, like how everyone complains when a band gets too popular (cue eyeroll), but they staged a live youtube concert last night, which was amazing! Okay technically it happened kind of in the middle of the night for us here in Singapore, but it was great anyway! I hope they post up the real thing sometime soon, but for now I'll just leave you with the STRONG SUGGESTION to start listening to them and this trailer for the live youtube concert:
Ahhhhh I hope the Esplanade or somebody brings them to Singapore sometime!