First Listen: New Releases for June 16
This week was sneaky busy, but a lot of good music! Album of the Week : Artist : What Cheer? Brigade Album : You Can't See Inside of Me Quick Description : Marching band music for hipster adults. Why You Should Listen : They may drive your spouse mad, but the musicianship and fun is top notch. Overall Thoughts : Every so often, while listening to something for First Listen, my wife will provide commentary. What Cheer? Brigade are a bunch of punk types who also play brass instruments, so the result is a bit of a sassy, edgy marching band quality. It turned my wife off right quick, but I was into it . It’s reminiscent of a lot of what made Gogol Bordello so awesome when they had their breakthrough, and there’s just something special and exciting about this. While I don’t think this will make it high on my year end list, this is absolutely my favorite thing that I listened to this week, and is my album of the week because of it. I mean, they do a brass version of a Brain...