Good Monday morning everyone, your favorite snail dad here. There’s a new snail in my garden, and it’s even a bit bigger than the other guy. Calling her ‘Diane’ after a show I’m watching. I’m still feeling a bit sick and sleepy but much better- and get this, I get the day off! Today’s mood: Chill, but a touch of melancholy. Present, but distant as Major Tom.
“Stoned at the Nail Salon” by #Lorde (album: Solar Power)
Definitely a mood music if I ever heard one. I love this album, especially the title track, but this one is special to me.
“The Jellyfish Song” by Caroline Konstnar (single)
We’re all just animals, living meaningless lives with meaningless goals.
“Africa” by #Toto (album: Toto IV)
The song itself might be kind of a meme, but as with Rickroll I actually really unironically love it. Hurry boy, it’s waiting there for you.
“Sucker’s Prayer” by #TheDecemberists (album: I’ll be Your Girl)
Is “Meloy” short for “Melancholy”? Jokes aside, this one fits that a little bleak and nihilistic, but in a sort of Mr. Peanutbutter kind of way mood to a T. Side note: the title track is probably my favorite Decemberists.
#moodmusicmonday #lorde #toto #thedecemberists #music #musicmonday #musicrecs
nobody, nobody knows
let the yoke fall from our shoulders
don't carry it all, don't carry it all
Today’s listening is ‘Long Live The King’, the 2011 EP by The Decemberists.
This six track EP comprises songs that did not make the final cut for their excellent 2011 album ‘The King Is Dead’ (see what they did with the respective titles there?!).
This was probably peak 'Americana' country/folk Decemberists style and a couple of the tracks on this EP remind me very much of The Band.
Excellent stuff!
#nowplaying #vinyl #thedecemberists
#EclecticCarnival #ECPL20230708 8 - Bonus Tracks July
Surrey In July - #SaintEtienne
*check link*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvu6A1D6fB8
July 3rd - #Plumtree [Cdn]
*check links*
BC https://LabelObscura.bandcamp.com/track/july-3rd
YT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TWIN3dFq6U
July, July! - #TheDecemberists
*check link*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfxtuZ6v9m8
The Fifth Day Of July - #HoytAxton
vinyl hiss - not available on CD - rare
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc2UmfbbkRg
July Tree - #NinaSimone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1eoGz0v1oA
#ninasimone #hoytaxton #thedecemberists #plumtree #saintetienne #ecpl20230708 #eclecticcarnival
#EclecticCarnival #ECPL20230603 6 June
June - #FogLake [Cdn]
BC https://FogLake.bandcamp.com/track/june-2
YT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RyeTywPlDg
April And June - #TheSands
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTpPP2Uaq2c
June - #TheWhiteBirch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ATM4EqOIHE
June Hymn - #TheDecemberists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhg2Zf3PnaU
Belly Of June - #HorseFeathers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_bAQZATCTM
#horsefeathers #thedecemberists #thewhitebirch #thesands #foglake #ecpl20230603 #eclecticcarnival
#EclecticCarnival #ECPL20230506 4 Water
Go Down To The Water - #BillyBragg And #Wilco
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_34lVoR6Q4
Annan Water - #TheDecemberists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zko-ZQLFEkA
Hell Or High Water - #TheAlarm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuqKl541AWM
90-Mile Water Wall - #TheNational
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9Cf3egE8oA
Head Above Water - #HuntersAndCollectors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGwNtdgIFvE
#huntersandcollectors #thenational #thealarm #thedecemberists #wilco #billybragg #ecpl20230506 #eclecticcarnival
Now I'm listening to "The Tain" by The Decemberists (2004)
#music #listening #TheDecemberists #NewAcquisition
#music #listening #thedecemberists #newacquisition
🔊 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
The Decemberists:
🎵 Sleepless
#nowplaying #MiddayShow #thedecemberists
#HashtagGames
#SongsAboutDaydreaming
"Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect"
By The Decemberists
https://youtu.be/qkWrnWRKDJQ
#TheDecemberists #IndieRock #IndieFolk #AlternativeRock #music
#music #alternativerock #indiefolk #indierock #thedecemberists #songsaboutdaydreaming #hashtaggames
I wish I looked like I played piano in #TheDecemberists. I don’t play piano (I do sing, though) but I just love the looks of the band members. Gorgeous and interesting looking people, them.
🔊 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
The Decemberists:
🎵 Red Right Ankle
#nowplaying #MiddayShow #thedecemberists
🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #GuyGarveysFinestHour
The Decemberists:
🎵 Till The Water's All Long Gone
#nowplaying #bbc6music #GuyGarveysFinestHour #thedecemberists
🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #GuyGarveysFinestHour
The Decemberists:
🎵 Till The Water's All Long Gone
#nowplaying #bbc6music #GuyGarveysFinestHour #thedecemberists
Today’s listening is ‘Fortune’, the 2014 album by Black Prairie.
Black Prairie were, essentially, the members of The Decemberists except with a female lead singer (Annalisa Tornfelt, who also plays the violin) instead of Colin Meloy.
This was their last album and they went out in style, this being a solid collection of tunes, musically leaning towards the more ‘American folk’ end of things.
Well worth a listen!
#BlackPrairie #TheDecemberists #vinyl #NowPlaying #NowListening
#nowlistening #nowplaying #vinyl #thedecemberists #blackprairie
Tom is now listening to The Legionnaire's Lament
https://open.spotify.com/track/5vzAujnpNM3dSeQ3aunlCA
Tom is now listening to Sons & Daughters
https://open.spotify.com/track/721tATaNQPPGSuC3dYEI3h