Into Brooklyn, Early in the Morning
March 29, 2007
A reader suggested I check out The Innocence Mission a while back, and I just got around to purchasing their latest album, We Walked in Song, this week. From what I’ve heard from the band, I knew to expect acoustic-based indie pop and alluring vocals from Karen Peris. The Innocence Mission reminds me of another band I’ve just recently start listening to, The Softies. The voices of both these bands are extremely calming and affectionate.
While The Softies have that warm summer day quality to them, The Innocence Mission seem more of an autumn band. Their music has an element of melancholy that gives it an element of introspectiveness to contrast with the Softies escapism. In short, I love them both in their own way, and recommend you seek both of them out.
MP3 Into Brooklyn, Early in the Morning
MP3 Lake Shore Drive
Buy We Walked in Song at emusic.
*Bonus – Here’s an MP3 from the Softies album, Holiday in Rhode Island.
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-Also, check out The Yellow Stereo’s “Films on the Mind” post when you get the chance. It’s about music soundtracks and it includes some of my favorite music-in-film scenes of all time (”These Days” in Royal Tenebaums, “Just Like Honey” in Lost in Translation, “Tiny Dancer” in Almost Famous). There’s even links to clips from the movies!
The fellows at The Yellow Stereo put a lot of time into their posts and it shows, if you’re not reading this site step on board.
-The Rosebuds have a podcast online discussing their new album, Night of the Furies. It has clips from all the songs on the album (which is fantastic by the way) and showcases the duo’s heavy Southern accents (who knew?). Via Dodge.
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March 29th, 2007 at 6:50 pm
Thanks for the kind words regarding our site, I really appreciate it. I’m also glad you enjoyed the Films on the Mind post as well, I almost didn’t want to compile it because I remember the IGIF guys did a similar thing last year.
I’m glad more people are taking a listen to the new Innocence Mission. It’s just a downright beautiful album. I just absolutey love Karen Peris’ vocals.
April 4th, 2007 at 12:57 am
I love both The Innocence Mission and The Softies, though Innocence Mission slightly more if only because they’re from my home town. I think your descriptions of them and their differences is quite on target. Very cool.