During my first semester at Oberlin, I had a radio show called "Pop is Bliss" at the ungainly hour of 3 a.m. I feel as though Marching Band's August 5th release, Spark Large, is here to remind me why I named the show. Oftentimes indie pop edges on the border of being overly trite, and the band never quite crosses it - in part due to the distraction of great melodies and instrumentation. The album's great, kids!Marching Band - Letters
Buy Spark Large at Insound
Marching Band's website/myspace
Make Up Artist music video
On a personal note, I am so wonderfully distracted from blogging, having traded in my Epiphone Les Paul today for a beautiful Ibanez electric-acoustic. Just two more weeks of summer for me!
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Ahhh -- I *love* Marching Band and cannot believe they finally have new material !! :)