That's today's date, unless you live in Fiji, Tonga or some other island paradise, where it is in fact already tomorrow. Isn't time amazing? I always like to imagine what it would be like if the Pacific Date Line hadn't been invented.
2010 had some good sheeeeeeeeit in store, including new albums from LCD Soundsystem, Yeasayer and everyone's favourite creepy-voiced harpist, Joanna Newsom. Also to look forward to is a collaboration between Danger Mouse, producer and artist probably most famous for being one half of Gnarls Barkley, and the Shins' James Mercer which they have names Broken Bells. I have been into the Shins for quite a while so it's interesting to hear something from Mr Mercer out of his usual context. The slightly hip-hop beat of The High Road is not a stranger to the Shins, who used one on Sea Legs, from 2007's Wincing the Night Away, but the whole feeling of the track is quite different. It's not ambient, but has a real lightness. There are chanted background vocals and weird high-pitched noises and it all sounds very American indie, not a bad thing at all.
I will write something more substantial soon.
