Pure pop candy. Don't try to pretend you don't like it. It will probably get stuck in your head if you listen to it more than once, so just accept it. The video is just the lyrics, which aren’t exactly difficult or obscure, so no need to watch.
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Not bad! -- reminds me a bit of Belle & Sebastian or Camera Obscura.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3CkfvYMCWM
Late last year I mentioned Mumford & Sons, an English folk/rock outfit. At the time their CD was only available in the UK. Well, it was released here in February and it gradually gained a fair amount of attention and has become pretty well known.
Live vids from Letterman and Craig Ferguson:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYSOJ-jClaY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmOKEfORIgE
If you like these two tracks you'll definitely like the whole record. It's all done in this same raucous folk style, but with a few slower tracks thrown in. Great stuff.
Posted by: Rob G | 06/19/2010 at 10:28 AM
But more lightweight than B&S or CO, wouldn't you say?
Posted by: Mac | 06/19/2010 at 01:33 PM
For sure. Like what we used to call "bubblegum."
Posted by: Rob G | 06/20/2010 at 06:28 AM
I listen to that Mumford & Sons CD all the time - one of my favourite CDs I've bought on recommendation from someone on this site. Funny, I remembered it as being Paul who suggested it.
Posted by: Francesca | 06/20/2010 at 11:30 AM
There's a distant possibility I might have mentioned them, but I've not heard enough of them to be recommending them to anybody.
Posted by: Paul | 06/20/2010 at 04:21 PM
Just now listened to those Mumford & Sons clips. Excellent!
Posted by: Mac | 06/20/2010 at 09:13 PM
Well, you were right about the stuck-in-your-head factor.
AMDG
Posted by: Janet | 06/21/2010 at 09:15 AM
Yeah, I'm half-sorry I posted it, because just seeing the post gets it stuck in my head.
Posted by: Mac | 06/21/2010 at 09:42 AM
You don't know how long I've tried to resist listening to this! :-D
Posted by: antiaphrodite | 06/29/2010 at 11:31 AM
And now the time has come?
Posted by: Mac | 06/29/2010 at 12:08 PM
Or was that just a really sneaky way of getting it stuck in my head again? If so, CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Augghhhhh....
Posted by: Mac | 06/29/2010 at 12:23 PM
The post is now on the bottom on the main page, and yeah, I thought the time has come. What? Sneaky? When was I ever sneaky? *innocent*
Posted by: antiaphrodite | 06/29/2010 at 12:35 PM
Please tell me it's stuck in your head now.:-)
Posted by: Mac | 06/29/2010 at 12:44 PM
It's stuck in my head now.
...
What was it, again? :-D
Posted by: antiaphrodite | 06/29/2010 at 01:02 PM
mwahaha
Posted by: Mac | 06/29/2010 at 01:16 PM
Y'all are doing it again. I go out to lunch and what happens?
AMDG
Posted by: Janet | 06/29/2010 at 01:26 PM
Aw, Miss Janet!! I'm sorry, I kind of went on a break, too. My eyes were hurting a bit.
Posted by: antiaphrodite | 06/29/2010 at 01:56 PM
Well, see, lunch is just when I'm most likely to be at liberty to comment.
Posted by: Mac | 06/29/2010 at 02:10 PM
That's a likely story, but this never happens during the 90% of the lunch hours when I'm IN the office.
AMDG
Posted by: Janet | 06/29/2010 at 03:16 PM