Finally a new post, and tons of new music.

This is it.
New post after a good month of not writing. I had several reasons for not posting, but none of them are of any real importance, so no point in listing them up here.

So what's to tell.
I got a bunch of new CDs. You might wonder why I still bother to get CDs, since iTunes and so on are so much faster. Well, for one, I love having real CDs on my shelf. It shows people what I listen to, and the artwork is great. Apart from that, I like to have something to touch, and I daresay, it's far more likely for my harddrive to die, than for my CDs to go missing or anything.

Till Brönner - Oceana
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This is my absolute favourite of all my new CDs. It's jazz. Till plays trumpet but ey also sings. Some say ey shouldn't have started singing. I don't know eir previous albums, so I can't tell. I just know I really like this CD. I was so happy when it finally arrived. It first attracted my attention when I saw it in someone's car.
The cover is quite striking really. So when I had access to the internet again, I tried to remember the artist and album name and with some searching found it. Lucky for me, Amazon had listening samples for this album. So I tried them out and I pressed play on them for a whole evening to listen to them again and again.
On Wednesday when I got home, I finally had the CD in my mailbox. So first thing I did was to put it into my CD player and start listening. I haven't done this sort of thing for ever. There's always some music on, but usually I do stuff at the same time. Not this time though. I simply sat, watched the autumn wind play with the trees, smelled my vanilla candle, and listened to this wonderful music.
I'm so happy I bought this CD.


Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - The Letting Go
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Second favourite of the new stuff. It's kinda hard to describe the musical style of this. On Last.fm he is tagged with folk, alt-country and indie. I'm not sure if that's what it is, but I'd definitely say it's alternative.
This album is unbearably melancholic, but what's better suited for the dawning of autumn than this. Or rather for autumn itself, since it's in full play already. The backing vocals of Dawn McCarthy add some really beauty to his songs. Since aquiring this album I've had the chance to listen to some of eir previous songs, and eir voice really enriches the sound.
My favourite tracks on this album are Wai and No Bad News.

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Currently listening to: Till Brönner - This Guy's In Love With You
via FoxyTunes