Beach House released their 4th album, “Bloom,” on May 15, 2012 and while I thought that they couldn’t really improve on the wonder-pop-dream sound that they displayed so eloquently on their last album (appropriately titled “Teen Dream”), they have. The album has a natural flow to it, and while it certainly has its highlights (Lazuli, the Hours), it seems to float on steadily throughout, one song bleeding into the other. I thought ...
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Two deluxe copies of M83’s excellent, sprawling new album “Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming” will be given away here on Scrink! Here are the rules, per Christy: What you will win is Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming, the new album from M83, courtesy of MUTE Records! MAIN RULE – Leave a comment on this post and make sure to use your real email address so we can contact you if you are the winner, the comment for will keep your ...
Read More →So the Gaslight Anthem have moved up their iTunes release, originally scheduled for Dec. 13, to next Tuesday, Oct. 18. I’ve had the opportunity to listen to the album and I think that while they sound at home on the three alternate versions of their own material (“Boxer,” “The Navensinks Bank” and the previously unreleased “Our Fathers Sons”), covering songs obviously does not play to the band’s strengths. It pains me to ...
Read More →With Christy down in Mexico on her honeymoon, she asked me to fill in and keep Scrink relevant with some new posts. So one post later, here we are. The Gaslight Anthem is releasing a new album in December, and as a Gaslight Anthem fan, this is great news. I have almost worn out my mix tape of “The ’59 Sound” songs and am in need of some new material, well, newer ...
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