The greatest planning undone, as the song is cut from the final album... and tomorrow I will get a little more rock in Menace2Music

It's been a day of travelling to London, iPod in ear the whole way. I thought I had found the new track to review, as it is:

New Album Track Review Day!

I was going to review Dollar Signs by Animal Kingdom, but I was very surprised, when I got onto spotify, to see that this song was CUT from the final album!

You see, I got hold of a promo from my local secondhand music shop, loved the album from an early listen, and this was one of the tracks that stood out! It came up on shuffle while on my jaunt to London today, and I thought - yes, I have my track for today. But no, I don't!?

So, I need to pick another song from the album! I've gone for Silence Summons You - a sweet, melodic number (track 4 on the album). Feels almost acoustic, but you sense there might be a little electronic wizardry behind the guitars on the track.

I suppose I should've gone for something slightly different, as Animal Kingdom sound a little similar to yesterday's band, Polite Sleeper. I think both are definitely worth a listen - if Animal Kingdom stand out a little more for me, its because their songs a little catchier around the chorus.

Menace2Music iPod shuffle grab

Sonatine bureaucratique
Erik Satie
Assorted

If you haven't heard any Satie, and you like composers like Rachmaninov or Debussy, catch-up and bathe in some Satie for a while! His Gymnopedies, Gnossiennes etc. are gorgeous, sweet little orchestral treats!

The following four that came out of shuffle were:

Raindrops - Tindersticks - BBC Sessions
Stuart Staples, the lead singer of Tindersticks, just has a wonderfully haunting voice - loved the swifling strings behind him on this song.

Jellybelly - Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness: Dawn To Dusk
Listened to this double album (quite a statement, but justified as it was a symphony) a lot when I was at Uni. I think I'll have a good listen to some more Smashing Pumpkins soon - to be honest, after this album, I never felt they hit the same artistic heights. This, and Siamese Dream - two of the best albums of the 1990's. They might not be in the top 10, but certainly in the top 20 of the 90's.

Don't Ever Get Tired - Tindersticks - Can Our Love...
We're getting a Tindersticks-double treat (but then, if you know shuffle, it can be unpredictable - simply type "iTunes shuffle" into google to see all of the arguments that rage on about it?!)!

Last, but by no means least,

I Just Can't Wait To Be King - Jason Weaver, Rowan Atkinson & Laura Williams - The Lion King OST
OK, I didn't listen to this for long...

Damn, the next track was The Great Escape [Orchestral Version] by Marillion - I listen to the sweeping beauty of this track as I sign off.

Mmm, so tomorrow is classic album review - I want to get away from the whole folk/indie tone of things that the last couple of days have taken on (which will probably mean that the reissue review will not be Fleetwood Mac, but we will see). Might have to look at something a little more rock. We shall see...

Signing off, 40 winks is imminent. Keep loving music - it, amongst other things, keeps the world moving!

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