Like a wonderful little look in to the Diary of a young man in the 1990's, SDRE's debut album is emotive, introspective and heartbreaking while still being grungy and distorted. Give a listen, and rock out while shedding a bit of a tear. AllMusic.com For Those Who Like: Nirvana (But Sadder), Weezer (but harder), Bright Eyes (But Faster), Fall Out Boy (But not really shitty and commercial). Last.FM YouTube
Tonight I will be playing one of my Top ten favourite albums. Mezzanine; this gem is a rich, dark and extremely potent shot of the ground contents of ambient dance music and Hip Hop. With winter coming, I'm starting to listen to more "Cool" music, stuff that is slick and smooth, not too hard on the ears, stuff that is good for long nights, right after Daylight savings jumps an hour back. So I mean cool to match the weather. You'd think that I would be more in to "Warm" or "Hot" music when everything is all cold. I thought about switching it, so that the "hot" music warmed me in the cold, and the "cool" music kept me at a reasonable temperature in the summer. It did not work, I'm not sure why, I'm not a scientist, just a new media student. I first "fell in love" with this album while delivering pizza in the winter at Panago Pizza, and it brings me in to a season mood every year.
So as the yuletide season approaches, and we slowly drift in to the southern Alberta season before winter: Lots of cold wind and terrible ice showers. It's going to be fun, I'm really glad I don't deliver pizza anymore. Please treat yourself to this album this christmas if you don't already have it. It's really good, and ten years old, you can usually get it on sale!
I hope I'm not the only one I know who has rocked out to this album several times in their life. I know I have done it atleast seven times, while alone, at parties, at a concert, or cruising in a car. It's sexy, it's noisy, it's Canadian. More cliches? No? Ok..... We also heard from the 2002 Ep, Heads Up (on real vinyl!) More links? OK!:
