Music Monday: Cults

So today I will be talking about the CD I have been listening to non-stop for the past 2 weeks online because my iPod has been missing in action due to the need to update, but first replace Mac battery. Anywho, this was available for 2 weeks on AOL/Spinner and just when they started acting stupid and not working I find it still available on NPR! Woo Hoo! (I will buy it eventually...I need to find a reason to go to BG besides just cd shopping.)

This is Cults (not to be confused with The Cult, an 80's rock band) debut album and I love it. Cults is made up of   Madeline Follin and Brian Oblivionand and (on this album) the engineer of Vampire Weekend and Sleigh Bells. Now, it is no secrete that I love female vocalists and think that in the grand spectrum of popular music there have been very few good ones when compared to the boys. I am a proud member of the "Girl Power" movement of the 90s and yes, a fan of Spice Girls. So, the fact that they have a female lead who is good was immediately a huge plus. Her voice is so pleasant and their music so fun.

The cd opens with the song Abducted, one of the few with vocals from Brian. It is a nice song that displays their varied tempos that you will hear through out the album, good Side A track 1- it got me to keep listening! Then song after song you will hear something new, fun, but familiar- not in a this sounds like everything else but more comfortable like something you want to play on a sunny summer day.

Which leads me to my negative, although it just speaks for my awesome skills that record companies should be hiring me for. I have an ear for music, not the I hear it and play it (I do not play...well) or the hear it and I can write it out (takes me too long to read music, what is it Every Good Boy Deserves Chocolate?) but I have an ear for remembering music and hearing its potential. This coupled with my amazing "understanding America skill" best seen during Family Feud watching- I would be amazing as an artist developer, track listing consultant, or "target audience" for many different genres. So, anyway, this summer I wanted to make a summer soundtrack with music to listen to in your car on a nice day with your windows rolled down. Due to my computer battery, it is not done yet, but that is a good thing because I can now put Cults on it! HOWEVER, I was listening to my satellite radio (going on 9 months! Take that 6mo free trial!) and the Cults came on. Immediately I got excited until I realized it is the song I wanted to use on my CD :( You see, I try not to use singles on my mixes or if I do try and keep them to a minimum. This way your possible exposure for an artist I like increases and maybe you will check out their album too. This obviously is not a big deal, and is not a negative thing about their album but it is just frustrating, especially after my 2010 year end CD where 3 (and counting) songs were released as singles shortly after my CD's release. Ugh.

Well, thank you for letting me vent. In conclusion: Cults, awesome. (Although many of you probably do not care about my opinion after my declaration that I am a Spice Girls fan...oh well your loss.)

New Release Tuesday: (although I have not heard these yet)

• Marc Broussard- Marc Broussard (he tends to be awesome)
• Owl City- All Things Bright and Beautiful (their first one was good)
• Barry Manilow- 15 Minuets (because I know you Barry Manilow fans are out there, we sold a ton of his stuff at Finders. Plus he writes the songs, he writes the songs.)***UPDATE!!: THIS CD IS HORRIBLE....go back to covers Barry.***

**Watch out for future post of my Mix CD Rules, coming soon**