when bands break me

Sometimes, when I feel like a bee looking for the juiciest, most luscious flower to suck on, I actually find nectar that is so rich, so delicious, that I have to tell all my other friends where I got it from. In this case, there are two bands right now that have filled me to the point of spillage.

1. Neutral Milk Hotel. I don't know where I was when this band came out, and I don't know if I would have liked them at the time they did, but I can say that I am in complete love and adoration of this band now. The two full lengths they put out are some of the best, most-expressive, joyous, heart-wrenching, delectable displays of songwriting I have ever heard. I am having a hard time listening to anything else. Guitars, bowed saws, distortion, drums, bagpipes, organs...I fucking love them. I love them.

2. Jaggery. I saw them on Friday night opening for HUMANWINE. I haven't been that captivated by a female songwriter in ages. And to top it off she has one of the top five most amazing voices I have ever heard. She can sing these soaring ethereal dark-angel-wisp-of-a-line melodies, screeching-high-perfect-pitch yells, and deep throaty grunts/whispers with mind boggling ease. Her songs are complicated, odd time signatures, outbursts of emotions, great piano playing. Mali Sastri is her name and she was joined by her brother Raky on drums. He was equally fantastic, and amazing, but I really couldn't take my eyes off her. I hope I can do a show with them sometime. I adore them.

amazing.

the nectar..

seeping out all over the place.