So yes, it was technically Easter yesterday. But it being Easter and all I was a little busy. I love holidays. I feel so bad for my parents who are going through a rough time right now and still manage to make every holiday as good as it always was. My mom is one of the strongest people I know. But anyway, Happy Easter to all!
I always hate first entries in journals or blogs or whatever. I mean if you just start writing people are like who the hell is this and why do I care? But trying to tell you about myself is such a daunting task. So I don't think I'm gonna try. If you have a question about me you may ask me. Otherwise, you can just read what I have to say. First off, I'm home alone in my apartment today and feeling really lonely. This is amplified by the fact that I got into a fight with my neighbors the other day. I mean if shit is gonna go down I'd like to think I could handle it myself, but having my boyfriend or roommate with me certainly boosts that confidence. So the other day I came home from work and laid down on the couch. I was super tired and decided to take a nap. Our neighbors were apparently in a bad mood because they were slamming doors all throughout their apartment like all day. Everytime I would start to fall asleep they would slam a door and wake me up. I finally just got up and decided to watch tv instead. I mean I think I was being pretty cool about the whole thing. I figured they were just fighting or something and I was gonna leave them alone. But they continued to slam door for the rest of the day. I'm talking about the next 6-7 hours. My roommate Derek gets home from work at like 10ish and we were sitting around in the living room talking. They slammed like 6 doors in a span of 60 seconds and I finally lost my shit. We went upstairs and slammed our doors like 2-3 times. Just as a "Hey, everytime you slam a door this is what I'm hearing and its getting really old." type thing. Then he (and by he I mean a good 'ol southern redneck type guy) slams his door like three times in a row. We started laughing, because we were still taking all this pretty lightly. I mean were could have been totally bitchy people and just called the lanlord or the cops or something, but we're pretty chill neighbors. He hears us laughing and freaks out. He's like, "You think that's funny? You better quit laughing!!" Then he proceeds to throw something at the wall and/or punch the wall where we were standing. I'm like now he's threatening us, this isn't cool anymore. So now it's on with the neighbors. I mean, really, it's not cool that I couldn't sleep he was slamming his doors so loudly allllll day long. And instead of calling the landlord I slammed my door like twice and he pitched a fit like a little 4 year old with a temper. Annywaaay, for those of you who are interested, the new Death Cab for Cutie album is coming out very soon. May 13th to be exact. Their first single, I Will Possess Your Heart, has been released and is up to buy on iTunes. I love it! I think it's great. The intro slowly incorporates every instrument leading up to a great tune. The lyrics are amazing and Gibbard really delivers them. I first listened to it on Stereogum and was appalled at some of the comments people were writing.
"the song's alright... but those vocals are awful. yeah very much "gibbardisms" i guess, but what's with his delivery on this one?"
"This song is every bland piano ballad from Plans crammed into one. Hopefully this gets it out of their system and the rest of the album is GOOD."
"Is this track an April Fool's joke? Miserable DOA effort from these usually more reliable geeks."
First off, I hate the fact that people keep refering to his lyrics as "Gibbardisms" or "Gibbardish." He writes songs full of meaningful lyrics and imagery. He isn't the only person in the world who does this. Also his vocals are pretty steady throughout most of his work. If you don't like the vocals to one song then you just don't like his voice so get over it and listen to something else. How can you call it a bland piano ballad? It slowly leads up the piano in the intro. It sounds very different from their Plans stuff. And the only April Fools joke here, is the fact that you were born. Bleh. Now that I've said that take a listen for yourself and let me know what you think.
