The new Ravens & Chimes song finds the New York band in a different mood than their usual autumnal, post-Funeral blues. “Hearts of Palm,” in fact, finds frontman Asher Lack and company sounding downright joyful. Could it be Where The Wild Things Are? Signs of life in healthcare reform? The abundance of pumpkin ale? The abundance of pumpkin everything? Whatever it is, let’s hope it’s as contagious as swine flu. (New Yorkers: the band plays CMJ this Friday at the Mercury Lounge at 8:30. I expect a full report.)
Premiere! I finally joined the rest of the cool kids on Vimeo (verdict: rad) and now that we’re in hi-def visually, if not sonically, here’s a gem of a jam: a new live track from Ravens & Chimes. Frontman Asher Lack tells me this song, “Clarissa Explains It All” — yes, after your favorite ’90s Nickelodeon show — is going to be a bit faster when it arrives as the b-side of this fall’s “Hearts of Palm” single, but it’s pretty high energy here. The Rawkblog Band to Watch has half of their sophomore disc tracked and hopes to tour before knocking out the rest, so we’re looking toward 2010 at this point. No rush, fellas.
A pair of rehearsal videos from Rawkblog ‘09 Band to Watch Ravens & Chimes just went up on YouTube. “Outside the Window” is above and “Spend the Night With You” is after the jump; both are the kind of evocative, insistent indie folk we’ve come to expect from the group, who are in the midst of recording their sophomore album. Promising stuff. Update: “Outside the Window” has been taken down, hope you got to hear it; “Spend the Night With You” is above.
The new Ravens & Chimes song finds the New York band in a different mood than their usual autumnal, post-Funeral blues. “Hearts of Palm,” in fact, finds frontman Asher Lack and company sounding downright joyful. Could it be Where The Wild Things Are? Signs of life in healthcare reform? The abundance of pumpkin ale? The abundance of pumpkin everything? Whatever it is, let’s hope it’s as contagious as swine flu. (New Yorkers: the band plays CMJ this Friday at the Mercury Lounge at 8:30. I expect a full report.)
