Laura Marling - Alas I Cannot Swim

Por enésima vez, esta semana me he vuelto a enganchar a Laura Marling, me pasa a menudo y sobretodo con canciones como la de hoy, Alas I Cannot Swim canción que da título al disco y que está medio escondida tras Your only Doll (Dora). A estas alturas, no hace falta ni que os presente a la ex de Noah and the Whale ni a sus tres fabulosos discos (especialmente el primero).

Solo comentaros que hace un mes anunció nuevo disco para Febrero y yo ya estoy deseando ver las paradas de su nueva gira porque una paradita en Madrid si que merecemos. Recuerdo que la inglesa estuvo en España este año, fue el pasado 1 de junio en el Primavera Sound celebrado en Barcelona.

Bueno, con la noticia del anuncio de un nuevo trabajo os dejo ya con el tema en cuestión. Feliz domingo!

 

There's a house across the river,
but alas. I cannot swim
And a garden of such beauty that the flowers
seem to grin
There's a house across the river,
but alas, I cannot swim
I'll live my life regretting that I never jumped in.

There's a boy across the river
with short black curly hair,
He wants to be my lover
and I want to be his peer,

There's a boy across the river
but alas, I cannot swim,
And I never will get to put my arms around him.

There's a life across the river
that was meant for me,
Instead I live my life
in constant misery.

There's a life across the river
but I do not see
Why I should please those
that will never be pleased.

There is gold across the river
but I don't want none
There is gold across the river
but I don't want none

Gold is fleeting,
gold is fickle,
gold is fun

Gold is fleeting,
gold is fickle,
gold is fun

There is gold across the river
but I don't want none
I would rather be dry
than held up by a golden gun

Saying 'work more and more'
live more,
have more fun.
Saying 'work more and more'
live more,
have more fun.
Saying 'work more and more'
live more,
have more fun.

Slow club - Giving up on love

Sábado y si amigos, esta noche nos visitan en Madrid la pareja inglesa formada por la rubia Rebecca Taylor y el moreno Charles Watson, Slow club vaya. El duo actúan hoy en la Moby Dick y mañana en la Razzmatazz de Barcelona en sus dos únicos conciertos aquí en España. 

Vienen a presentar su último disco Paradise, del año pasado. Un LP que a mi juicio es un poco pobre comparado con el maravilloso Yeah so? con el que debutaron hace un par de años. Por ello hoy toca Giving up on love, segundo single de ese disco y uno de los mejores temas. Video, por cierto, protagonizado por el actor británico Mackenzie Crook (si, Gareth Keenan en The Office) y dirigido por Lucy Needs (videoclip de Two Cousins o Paper Forest de Emmy the Great).

Ale, a disfrutar del sábado conciertil o de lo que sea. Feliz día!

We've been over and over
This thing we call love
And I've been thinking about
What my friends would say
If I were to give it up

Cause I've been tired and hopeful (I've been hurting inside)
For far too long now (too long now)
So I'm giving it up, giving up, giving up on love
Giving up on love

Hold back, you've got me all wrong
And now it's like it's over before it's even begun
You need to sit back and take it as a test
If you'd given me straight answers I would never have had to guess

Cause I've been tired and hopeful (I've been hurting inside)
For far too long now (too long now)
So I'm giving it up, giving up, giving up on love
Giving up on love

And it was obvious from the start
We were the only ones with hearts
And you pull mine apart
With the things that you do
The house was falling from the cliffs
It is only glass and brick
If you throw enough it sticks
I learnt that before
It's a battle not a war

Cause we've been over and over
This thing we call love
And I've been thinking about
What my friends would say
If I were to give it up

Cause I've been tired and hopeful (I've been hurting inside)
For far too long now (too long now)
So I've given it up, given up, given up on love
Given up on love (given up, given up)
Given up on love (given up, given up)
Given up on love (given up, given up)
Given up on love (given up, given up)
Given up on love
Given up on love (given up, given up)

Given up on love (given up, given up)
Given up on love (given up, given up)
Given up on love (given up, given up)
Given up on love (given up, given up)
Given up on love

Kishi Bashi - Bright White

Un tipo muy interesante este Kishi Bashi nacido hace 37 años en la ciudad más lluviosa de EEUU, Seattle. Medio americano, medio japonés, Kaoru Ishibashi que así se llama, va triunfando poco a poco por sus paises, y una buena muestra es este Bright White, un tema incluido en los dos trabajos, tanto en el EP, como en el album 151A de este mismo año.

Como curiosidad, os diré que, aparte de que el disco fue posible gracias al crowdfunding (consiguió casi el doble de presupuesto), el nombre del titulo tiene un signficado especial (gracias Wikipedia), resulta que 151A se pronuncia igual que el término japonés que 'Vive cada día como si fuera el último'.

 Anteriormente a este 151A, el pasado año debutó con un EP Room for Dream que podeis escucharlo en su bandcamp. Os dejo con el videoclip del tema, un tema que comienza con los coros cantando en japonés (no os asusteis) . Feliz sábado!

keya keya sorya douse ne,
keya keya sorya douse dame da.
yamerarenai yamerarenai.
douse damedakedo yamerarenai ne
keya keya sorya douse ne,
keya keya sorya douse dame da.
taerarenai taerarenai,
douse damedakedo taerarenai ne

you and me at the edge of the world
with a pretty little smile for me to see
new bright whites and a cage full of ice
and a naked little canopy to feed my disease

and if you're to smile at me
I could cry by land or sea

after you said that you like Big Red
I opened up my mind and skipped a beat
cufflinks and hands in wrong places and faces
and creepy little movies made me weep

and if you're to say to me
what is mine is yours to keep (forever and...)

well you know, I'll have to see
if all the stars aligned we could've solved the mystery
it's a partial fantasy
we're living in a land that went astray from history
prehistory

keya keya sorya douse ne,
keya keya sorya douse dame da.
yamerarenai yamerarenai

yamerarenai (every cloud has silver linings)

you and me at the edge of the bed
looking at the faded pictures for you to see and me to see
murder and colonies, land without rivers
raging in the middle of some sad destiny

take one look to find my eyes
safety's in your inner thigh

well you know, I'll have to see,
if all the stars aligned we could have solved the mystery
it's a partial fantasy
we're living in a land that went astray from history
prehistory

keya keya sorya douse ne,
keya keya sorya douse dame da.
yamerarenai yamerarenai
douse damedakedo yamerarenai...

Friska Viljor - Arpeggio

Ya tiene sus años pero como sucede con las buenas canciones, nunca es tarde para engancharse a ellas.  Nos situamos en 2008, cuando el grupo sueco Friska Viljor sacaba Tour de Hearts, su segundo disco tras Bravo! dos años antes. Posteriormente han sacado otro par de trabajos, en 2009 The new beginnings y hace año y medio The Beginning of the Beginning of the End con alguna que otra muy buena canción.

Ale, a disfrutar con el tema, hoy Arpeggio. Feliz domingo!

Always been trying
To get reached all the time, but I'm not
Into this thing with the hugging in mingeling spots
Always been scared
To be rude or show bad attitude
Trying to be kind for my own peace of mind
Is that good?

What can I do to let you in?
I've been living in doubt at least for a year
How can I show I want you here?
I have never been good at keeping people near,
Keeping people near.

Let's do something out of the ordinary!
Let's do it good, and do it now
Doors are open for us to storm them all
Without a care for whats inside,
I'm gonna meet you out tonight.

Always been into this thing with the mad party scene
Company of more than 10 or at least in my dreams
Always been trouble with people, they're ugly within
The strength in my heart, they have taken it out,
part by part

What can I do to let you in?
I've been living in doubt at least for a year.
How can I show I want you here?
I have never been good at keeping people near,
keeping people near.

Let's do something out of the ordinary!
Let's do it good and do it now
Doors are open for us to storm them all
Without a care for whats inside,
Let's do something out of the ordinary!
Let's do it good and do it now!
Doors are open for us to storm them all
Without a care for what's inside.
I'm gonna meet you out tonight.

I'm gonna meet you out tonight.
I'm gonna meet you out tonight.
I'm gonna meet you out tonight.
I'm gonna meet you out tonight.

Admiral Fallow - Squealing Pigs

Vale que Squealing Pigs no es el mejor titulo de una cancón que vais a ver pero el tema mola mucho. Pertenece a Boots met my face (veis, el titulo del disco este ya me parece al menos más gracioso), el primero de los dos discos que tiene el grupo escocés Admiral Fallow. Tiene ya sus 3 años el album y este tema fue su primer single.

Este mismo año han sacado su segundo trabajo Tree Bursts in Snow, que no está mal, una esucha para conocerlos si merece la pena...

Andan de gira pero vamos, no saldrán de Reino Unido-Irlanda salvo el próximo 16 que estarán en el
Rollingstone Weekender en Alemania junto a grupos como Animal Collective, Calexico o Bat for Lashes. Después la tipica gira por su tierra e Irlanda, Manchester, Londres, Liverpool, Dublin, Cork...

No me enrollo más, hoy Squealing Pigs, feliz día!

Make a cup with your hands to take a drink
In the same way that your father did
And throw a stone upon the river's lid
Watch the circles take you home

Blow the smoke and watch it leave your lungs
And high or not, think of what you've done
Have you not considered life beneath the thumb?
Or flying solo in your home?

'Cause sometimes it's who, not what you do
Just because your father did
doesn't mean that you should too
I don't want to lose you
Don't go away from here

It's that sinking feeling of being alone
And it's the way it makes you screech
And pulls the skin off your bones
And I can't help but think,
as I pick my mouth off the floor;
Will you still know me in a year?

Don't you think about your actions?
Counter-weight dire reactions?
Zero soul, you're a loser's son
But don't you go away from here

Your mind's a mine-field in a minor way
Don't just fall in like some mindless stray
"We're your friends, you see" is what they say
Don't you go away from here

Yeah, it's that sinking feeling of being alone
And it's the way it makes you screech
And pulls the skin off your bones
And I can't help but think,
as I pick my mouth off the floor;
Will you still know me in a year?

It's that sinking feeling of being alone
And it's the way it makes you screech
And pulls the skin off your bones
And I can't help but think, as I pick my mouth off the floor;
Will you still know me in a year?

Yeah, it's that sinking feeling of being alone
And it's the way it makes you screech
And peels the skin off your bones
And I can't help but think, as I pick my mouth off the floor;
Will you still know me in a year?

Of Monsters and Men - Little talks

Llevo toda la semana enganchado a este tema de Of Monsters and Men, un grupo que encima me cae mejor por ser islandés que tan solo tienen un disco en la calle, My head is an animal pero que llevan ya algo más de un año dando guerra, con un EP Into de woods y sonando por varias radios americanas. 

El miércoles comenzaron una gira mundial con muchisima repercusión, en más de la mitad de sus conciertos ya está el no hay billetes. Comenzaron en su tierra, en Reykjavik y pasarán por Canada, EEUU, Australia, Japón y Europa. No, no pasarán por España pero estarán en todo el continente, Irlanda, Reino Unido, Alemania, Holanda, Austria, Italia, Suiza...

Bueno, hoy como no Little talks, su canción más famosa, la mejor de un buen disco de folk. Feliz sábado lluvioso.

Hey! Hey! Hey!
I don't like walking around this old and empty house
So hold my hand, I'll walk with you my dear
The stairs creak as I sleep, it's keeping me awake
It's the house telling you to close your eyes

Some days I can't even trust myself
It's killing me to see you this way

'Cause though the truth may vary
This ship will carry
Our bodies safe to shore

Hey! Hey! Hey!
There's an old voice in my head that's holding me back
WelI tell her that I miss our little talks
Soon it will be over and buried with our past
We used to play outside when we were young,
And full of life and full of love

Some days I don't know if I'm wrong or right
Your mind is playing tricks on you my dear

'Cause though the truth may vary
This ship will carry
Our bodies safe to shore

Hey!
Don't listen to a word I say
Hey!
The screams all sound the same
Hey!

'Cause though the truth may vary
This ship will carry
Our bodies safe to shore

You're gone, gone, gone away
I watched you disappear
All that's left is a ghost of you
Now we're torn torn torn apart, there's nothing we can do
Just let me go, We'll meet again soon
Now wait wait wait for me
Please hang around
I see you when I fall asleep

Hey!
Don't listen to a word I say
Hey!
The screams all sound the same
Hey!

'Cause though the truth may vary
This ship will carry
Our bodies safe to shore

Don't listen to a word I say
Hey!
The screams all sound the same
Hey!

'Cause though the truth may vary
This ship will carry
Our bodies safe to shore

'Cause though the truth may vary
This ship will carry
Our bodies safe to shore

'Cause though the truth may vary
This ship will carry
Our bodies safe to shore

Pájaro Sunrise - November

Ya comenzamos Noviembre pues con un ya casi un clásico, y es que siempre hay una canción para inagurar el mes. Esta vez con el November de Pájaro Sunrise, perteneciente a Old Goodbyes el último trabajo hasta la fecha del leonés.

Afortunadamente estos días Yuri Mendéz está siendo noticia por estar grabando su nuevo trabajo, aún sin fecha prevista pero ya va subiendo cosillas por facebook sobre el proceso de grabación y post producción.

Esperamos con ganas este nuevo trabajo y las fechas de presentación del mismo. Hasta entonces, nos quedamos escuchando Old goodbyes.

On a day like today I left town
Remember November
Your clothes lying in heaps all around
Remember, remember

How much I loved you then,
how much I loved you.
How much I loved you then,
how much I loved you then
Remember, remember

On a day like today I woke up to nothing,
no morning could bring back the green in your eyes
Remember, remember

How much I loved you then,
how much I loved you.
How much I loved you then,
how much I loved you then
Remember, remember