Thrushes – Into the Woods
I like to look back on how little accidents and tiny choices end up altering the events your life. A long time ago, in a college dorm far, far away, I heard a sound coming from a new friend’s computer that intrigued me. So, I got the name of the song and the artist (Murder by Death‘s “Those Who Left” for the curious out there) and headed over to my laptop to do some Googling. On that day, at that time, I happened to wind up striking gold at the first music blog I had ever seen: charlatantric.com.
Sadly, the site is now defunct, but it was a treasure trove of indie bands that I would have never found elsewhere. I still listen to many to this day: Asobi Seksu, Youth Pictures of Florence Henderson, Moving Mountains, The Most Serene Republic, Hammock, and this posts’ titular Thrushes often accompany car rides and self-reflection sessions.
I chose Into the Woods as this post’s song because it is such a great summation of the band’s sound. Bright, shimmery guitars crash with intense drumming and throbbing bass. Anna Conner sings the chorus like the fate of the world is resting on her performance- it’s rare to hear such emotion in the way-too-self-conscious indie music realm these days. There is no eye-winking or ironic song titles in Thrushes’ work- just raw emotion and hypnotic tones.
Who knows, maybe you’ll find a song today that will inspire you to post on a Facebook page which your friend will repost and his friend will write a tweet which will be read by some kid who will fall in love with a band and thus the cute girl standing next to him at a concert. I’m quite glad that happening to be in the right dorm room at the right time ended up with me listening to some truly gorgeous music live. While I ponder my next universe-altering decision, I’m going to let Into the Woods continue to tickle my ears a few more times.
(Thrushes were scheduled to play at BIMAfest this weekend, but that incorrigible Hurricane Irene is just ruining everyone’s weekend… check out http://www.facebook.com/thrushesfor more shows dates!)
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