{"id":1037,"date":"2008-10-30T11:54:44","date_gmt":"2008-10-30T11:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/wordpress\/?p=1037"},"modified":"2025-04-03T18:20:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T23:20:37","slug":"august_album_re","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/archives\/2008\/10\/august_album_re.html","title":{"rendered":"August Album Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why do I even do these if I do them three months later, you may ask yourself. Merely to cement things in my own (increasingly addled) mind would be my answer.<\/em>
\n<\/u><\/p>\n

Absolutely Love & Adore:<\/u><\/p>\n

The New Frontiers “Mending”<\/strong> – Pretty sure I bought this after hearing a single on Fuel\/Friends<\/a>. Wow, this album is oddly heartbreaking. “Mirrors” sends me pretty close to crying every time I hear it [hold up *ahem*, is this a God song? I am just listening a little more closely to the lyrics and getting that icky religion shiver up my spine<\/em>]. “The Day You Fell Apart” has a total Travis feel. But my favorite song is “Strangers”.<\/p>\n

Carla Bruni “Comme si de rien n’etait” <\/strong>– So lovely. I guess she’s gotten some flack in France for being a cheesy pop singer but this whole thing is pure sultriness to me. And my favorite song is definitely the (in)famous “Tu es me came” <\/strong>(“you are my drug”). I loved <\/strong>her previous album en francais <\/em>as well, although not so much the one en anglais<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Dan le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip “Angles” <\/strong>– Yay yay yay. YAY! The funnest rap out there. “Letter from God to Man”, “Beat that My Heart Skipped” and “Thou Shalt Always Kill” are all kinda obvious to have as favorites, but that’s the way it is sometimes.<\/p>\n

Joseph Arthur “Foreign Girls” <\/strong>– His whateverth EP of the year (fourth?). I particularly love “Lovely Cost” which has a Bowiesqueness.<\/p>\n

Paddy Casey “Addicted to Company (Part 1) <\/strong>– I can’t remember if it was MG or MF that sent me this but thank you to whichever because it’s kinda great. (Maybe too folk-y for some a yous though.) “City” is my fave, particularly for its great opening.
\n<\/u><\/p>\n

Favorite Singles (not on any of the above albums):<\/u><\/p>\n