Song of the Day

I sat and pondered all the songs I could think of that had something to do with the new year. I considered The Walkmen's " In the New Year " or even " New Years Eve ". Deathcab For Cutie's " The New Year " came to mind too. Despite their pertinent subjects, none of them felt like the right choice. I wanted to choose something triumphant; something that reflected the experiences of 2017 while simultaneously anticipating 2018. Enter WU LYF, which stands for World Unite! Lucifer Youth Foundation. WU LYF was a short lived four piece " heavy pop "band from Manchester, England. They put out one phenomenal album called "Go Tell Fire to the Mountain", which was probably my favorite album of 2011, before they called it quits. While I could write pages on their time as a band and their mysterious presence, I'm going to focus more on their colossal mid album song "We Bros". Like I mentioned earlier, I wanted to choose s...

King Krule, who started off as Zoo Kid and who's real name is Archy Marshall (which he has also made music by) is s prolific, jazzy, hip hop, rock infused musician from London. I remember hearing about him, and where I believe most people first heard of him, from an absolutely killer song called " Out Getting Ribs "; a guitar and vocal only song with one of the gnarliest and difficult sounding guitar parts. Their are two versions of the song: one as Zoo Kid and the other as King Krule . In both songs you can hear him almost cry out in humorous frustration in the beginning. I can't help but think this is due to just how tough the guitar part is. The song felt like a direct pathway to this young musician's troubled soul. He was literally pouring his heart out with music and feelings and lyrics all coming from him and only him. His music normally takes on a similar fashion as "Out Getting Ribs", in a bluesy, emotional wash. However, unlike "Ribs...