Twenty One Pilots - Tear in My Heart

Sometimes you gotta bleed to know
That you’re alive and have a soul
But it takes someone to come around
To show you how

She’s the tear in my heart
I’m alive
She’s the tear in my heart
I’m on fire
She’s the tear in my heart
Take me higher
Than I’ve ever been

The songs on the radio are okay
But my taste in music is your face

Truly my fave TØP song. Maybe I shouldn't have picked "Trees" last time (shoulda gone w/Keith's fave, "Ode to Sleep" or even "Guns for Hands" or "Fake You Out" or - oh god Vessel is such a good album). Of course, "Tear in My Heart" is from Blurryface, also an awesome album, if slightly less perfect end to end than Vessel. Seeing them at ACL about 3 years ago was amazing. I can't wait to hear what Tyler and Josh come up with next. Anyways, this song is rad and suits a lot of different moods & purposes for me, including remembering my first tattoo, and second trip to New York. 

RIYL: Postal Service, Robert DeLong, The Griswolds, The Front Bottoms

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Arcade Fire - Electric Blue

A thousand girls that look like me
Staring out at the open sea
Repeat the words until they're true
Cover my eyes electric blue

Now I can't get my head around it
I thought I found it
But I found out I don't know shit
Now I can't get my head around it
I thought I found it
But I found out

This eclectic 7-member band out of Canada have been alternative music darlings for years now. For me, their songs are hit & miss - perhaps because of my mood as much as because of arrangement. The band plays guitar, drums, bass guitar, piano, violin, viola, cello, double bass, xylophone, glockenspiel, keyboard, synthesizer, French horn, accordion, harp, mandolin, and hurdy-gurdy; the multi-instrumentalist band members switch duties throughout shows while touring. I do think that I would absolutely love them live. But regardless, there's something a little bit more alluring in their recent recorded release, and this is my favorite of the new crop. 

RIYL: LCD Soundsystem, Electric Light Orchestra, Kings of Leon, Yeasayer

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Pale Seas - Someday

As dawn breaks, I remain in the dark
Your echo leaves a scar
So you'll never be gone

I'm just getting into Pale Seas and I'm loving what I'm hearing so far. It's a bit hard to pin down, but I'm getting a bit of an Oasis vibe, maybe Placebo as well, but with an earthy, folksy cast to it. Like if Neko Case was fronting one of those bands. It's cool stuff and I expect more from their upcoming album, Stargazing For Beginners.

RIYL: Editors, Placebo, Neko Case, Blaenavon, Wolf Parade

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