Quite a big coincidence that while I am still in a floating mood from the Went gig this release comes along to the blog. It is present in my inbox for a long time now and I have been dying to post it ever since I heard it when Chad contacted me. Sorry for the wait, hopefully you will enjoy the writeup.
I usually don't listen to this type of music, but the few bands that fall into that basket I really love. Obviously, Lion Cub will be a new addition in with the rest. This project grants our speakers with indie tunes hailing from Massachusetts, USA. I say project because this band has some unusual member composition, with just one member, Chad, who is omnipresent and the rest of the lineup differs with each song. Quite an interesting set up, since during listening of Seneca you sometimes get to hear songs with just a drum machine (like "Poison Tree") and sometimes played with a drummer (like "Narration"), sometimes tracks with just a few instruments, the others with almost an orchestra. With change in band composition goes different song structure, so you have the first song "Paintings of Hungry People" which a slow, dreaming, humming six minute tune, while the next song "Southern Salt Baptist" is a mid-tempo mellow rock song. All in all, this is some very gentle music, a band you listen to when you want to give yourself a damn fine day.
There is also quite an interesting approach to music by these artists, especially by Chad. Inside the download link you can find an eighteen-page booklet with pictures, lyrics, song explanations and several writeups and details on what Lion Cub is all about. One could say "quite artsy", but not in a pretentious kind of way, yet quite honest and emotional.
On a technical side, Lion Cub has been released by "Topshelf Records", same as Caravels who you have already seen posted on here. "Seneca" features eleven songs with over 40 minutes of music. This last bit of the post I must take some space and say sorry to Lion Cub, they asked me to post just three songs from their album, but apparently either me or my mediafire account (or both) is retarded and I couldn't upload. So the download link comes directly from Lion Cub. If the full album is a problem, I'll put it down, no problems. Basically this is very new stuff, so if you really like their songs, contact Lion Cub (either on myspace here or their blog here) and support by buying their album! Download and have a fine day!
EDIT: Lion Cub isn't retarded as I am, so here is a four-song download yay! (changed the download link obviously)
"a band you listen to when you want to give yourself a damn fine day"
ReplyDeleteThat's so very true!