It's fun to rhyme. Especially when you've got a dissertation to do.
Right, it's time to discuss record of the year so far, seeing as it's April and all. So far I have two contenders from a very strong batch of [mainly american] cds to have been released since january. Surprisingly, the albums I was most looking forward to - Wilco, Bright Eyes, Rufus Wainwright - have been slightly disappointing, so the first part of my joint award goes to Andrew Bird's Armchair Apocrypha.
This is a brilliant work, orchestral without being too grand, poppy without surrendering his trademark idiosyncracies. These songs will get in your head and take over your ipod - I guarantee it.
Andrew Bird: Heretics
Stay tuned for the second part of album of the year so far tomorrow, where I will be rhyming another band's name with a different word.
Oh and in the near future I will be writing about some local bands from Hull [where I am studying] so keep checking in.
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