grass_lazy: Generationals

Saturday, May 21, 2011

The Generationals - Actor Caster

So this album has been out a few months and I snapped it up on its US release date. After going crazy over the Trust EP and then getting hold of Con Law and praising it, I had high expectations. A truly stellar album has been produced, but unfortunately, after Con Law, they set the bar too high to match it. Their first single Ten-Twenty-Ten is an absolute winner though, with massive plays going on day and night. Other notable tracks are You Say it Too and Greenleaf. This band has become an absolute favourite since they first blipped on my radar last year October and I have been screaming their name to mostly deaf ears. The few who have picked up on it are screaming it back. Get into it, get hold of it. If there is one band I can recommend that won't disappoint it's this New Orleans duo. Get your hands on Ten-Twenty-Ten here.

And tell me that doesn't make you happy...

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Generationals - Summer happiness you can Trust.

The Generationals are one crazy piece of hot from New Orleans. They have just released their second EP, Trust. Trust me, it's good. When you get cravings for more, satisfy them with their LP, Con Law from last year. Originally made up of Ted Joyner and Grant Widmer the band has just picked up Tess Brunet as their drummer and the Trust EP shows all the bass thumping, 60's-proof action that she puts forward, with enough tambourine to keep you going while the summer slides by. Their music is watermelon sliced, bleached blonde hair, sand in-between your toes, poolside summer sun in a tune.

Stop by their site for 5 FREE downloads or check out their MySpace here. If neither of those quite do it for you, listen to snippets of Con Law on their website media player right this way... And lastly on the free tracks parade, there are two downloads over at last.fm. Enjoy

The Sounds of Reason

On Music

I think you need to listen to music to understand the world. Every human is like this combination lock of experiences that is so unique and complex that it can never be cracked. With musical people, their lives play they’re instruments. With a band, there are a number of impossibly different people, channelling their lives into a line of music, which words can’t describe, but it shares something about that person. When these musicians make melodies and rhythms that complement one another and fit in, you get so much feeling and such a story conveyed that there are songs powerful enough to connect to your core. - Anon

“Music is what feelings sound like.” - Anon

“Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music” - Sergei Rachmaninov

“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent” – Victor Hugo

Without music life would be a mistake. ~Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness. ~Maya Angelou

On Whisky

"Whisky is liquid sunshine." - George Bernard Shaw

"There are two things a Highlander likes naked, and one of them is malt whisky." – Scottish Proverb

"We frequently hear of people dying from too much drinking. That this happens is a matter of record. But the blame is always placed on whisky. Why this should be I never could understand. You can die from drinking too much of anything — coffee, water, milk, soft drinks and all such stuff as that. And so as long as the presence of death lurks with anyone who goes through the simple act of swallowing. I will make mine whisky." - W.C. Fields, 1880-1946

“Too much of anything is bad, but too much of good whisky is barely enough.” –Mark Twain

On Style

Style is something that stays with you forever, it is part of who you are. Meanwhile fashion is a trend that you can follow, that is changing. Style is more the inner you, which radiates outwards whereas fashion is something you cover the outside with, hoping to affect your inner. - Quote adapted from an interview with Guerre