Tuesday's Recommended Release

When Bodies of Water self-released their debut album, Ears Wills Pop & Eyes Will Blink, it seemed like a lot of people let it slip under their individual radars. Maybe the sound of the band was a few months ahead of it's time or maybe people were turned off that it was already 7-months old by the time they got a distribution deal, whatever the case may be it was one of the quieter, classic albums of recent memory and it certainly set up Bodies of Water to be one of those bands that is given a label of being worthy of your watching. On A Certain Feeling, Bodies of Water go from being a "band to watch" to being a band that you shouldn't be able to miss in one smooth, epic stroke.

For 9-tracks, the band soar to new levels of indie rock mixing elements of prog rock, metal, and choral music that mix just perfectly in all their key changes and multi-part arrangements. It's a sweet album that kicks off beautifully with the perfect pairing off "Gold, Tan, Peach and Grey" and "Under the Pines". These two songs are dense in every way. Vocal harmonies are plentiful, there is sick, layered guitars, powerful rhythms, and lyrics that allude to the topics but never quite hit the point. It's an interesting approach to song writing and composition and it's truly rewarding throughout the overall strength of A Certain Feeling. You see, this is an album in the truest sense of the word. If it is not listened to as a whole, it is weaker then the sum of it's parts and that's what makes this album so classic.

In the coming weeks you'll probably hear of why this band is the "next Arcade Fire", and there is no doubt in my mind that they could be on a career arch that is terribly similar. Both bands build songs that are dark yet addictive in their approach to the music. They are intelligent and pretty and experimental without sound like they are trying to push a listener away by being pompous or pretentious. Of course there are a lot of differences to the Canadian band they will probably be linked to, but the comparison isn't the point of all this. No the point is that this band will probably be among your favorites by the end of the year so why not jump on the bandwagon now while there is still plenty of room? Trust me it's worth it.
Bodies of Water - "Under the Pines"
Bodies of Water - "Water Here"