Jul. 6th, 2009

cyrano: (Evil Laugh)
Given the number of beautiful women offering me best wishes, I'm entertaining a motion to make every day my birthday.
cyrano: (Blipvert)
Mmm. Philadelphia Story. A possibly perfect film.
cyrano: (Haring DJ)
When I first heard of them, I thought The Cat Empire were some kind of poppy girl group, maybe conflating them with the Pussycat Dolls and Cat Power (Cat power, baby! Meow!), possibly with some make up styling tips from Peter Criss.
Then I heard one of their songs--a cover of Hotel California in prime French Cafe style with the Gitani accordion accompanying.
So when one of my birthday presents was their "So Many Nights" album, I really no longer had any idea what to expect. Except I'm fairly certain that it wasn't this NorteƱo funk mix that I got. I *was* just going to listen to a track or two, to make certain that Apple's crude lesson* hadn't screwed up the download, but here it is nearly midnight and I'm tempted to flip back to the beginning rather than write this quick review to the tune of Cats Laughing. (The one band I was pretty certain TCE did *not* sound like, but the next in line alphabetically.)
It's a lively sound, very energetic, and one that's very fluid. It flows from point to point in the genre blend the band occupies. I'm looking forward to owning some good speakers again, so that I can play this on them at sufficient volume to satisfy me.

*The lessons of Apple: The nail that sticks up will be pounded down. Why can't you just be like everybody else? Why you gotta Think Differently?

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