I'm Back, and I Bring You Disco!
I’m back from my extended Thanksgiving weekend departure. I hope everyone was able to fully enjoy their holiday. I managed to both see family and friends over those few days, which was extremely nice.
Going back to my last post, which included some baseball hot stove happenings, some of you may have noticed over the days that I was gone that Carlos Lee signed with Houston. As to be expected, he got paid…very well. Not Soriano money, but close enough. The worst part of his contract wasn’t the money; however it’s the fact that Houston signed him for six years with four of those including a no-trade clause. It’s going to be a ton of fun trying to unload him if it ever comes to that.
Hailing from Melbourne, Australia is My Disco, whom since 2003 have been playing tightly wound math rock and receiving large amounts of praise due to their live shows. This past September they released their debut album Cancer through Numerical Thief, which have the band scaling back a bit and stripping away more of the math like structuring the band featured on their earlier material. However, Cancer is every bit as intricate and thought as any of their past releases. The album benefits most from the interplay between the extremely impressive drumming and the bass work. Both instruments work so well off of each other throughout the album that gives it an extra texture that just isn’t there for a lot of other bands of a similar style. Although admittedly minimalist in their approach, My Disco remains adamant about it only going back and forth between a small amount of bass lines. A band with such a background with working in intricacies and precision, you can count on that the instruments used on Cancer are interwoven to create some hypnotic and flat out impressive music.
My Disco – Perfect Protection [MP3]
My Disco – St. [MP3]
If the tunes above peak your interest then head on over here to pick up the record. For now it’s only available in Australia. Enjoy!
Going back to my last post, which included some baseball hot stove happenings, some of you may have noticed over the days that I was gone that Carlos Lee signed with Houston. As to be expected, he got paid…very well. Not Soriano money, but close enough. The worst part of his contract wasn’t the money; however it’s the fact that Houston signed him for six years with four of those including a no-trade clause. It’s going to be a ton of fun trying to unload him if it ever comes to that.
Hailing from Melbourne, Australia is My Disco, whom since 2003 have been playing tightly wound math rock and receiving large amounts of praise due to their live shows. This past September they released their debut album Cancer through Numerical Thief, which have the band scaling back a bit and stripping away more of the math like structuring the band featured on their earlier material. However, Cancer is every bit as intricate and thought as any of their past releases. The album benefits most from the interplay between the extremely impressive drumming and the bass work. Both instruments work so well off of each other throughout the album that gives it an extra texture that just isn’t there for a lot of other bands of a similar style. Although admittedly minimalist in their approach, My Disco remains adamant about it only going back and forth between a small amount of bass lines. A band with such a background with working in intricacies and precision, you can count on that the instruments used on Cancer are interwoven to create some hypnotic and flat out impressive music.
My Disco – Perfect Protection [MP3]
My Disco – St. [MP3]
If the tunes above peak your interest then head on over here to pick up the record. For now it’s only available in Australia. Enjoy!
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