Showing posts with label cass mccombs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cass mccombs. Show all posts
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Song of the Day: Cass McCombs - County Line
The third "Song of the Day" post back in February of 2010 was Cass McCombs; now, over 400 songs later, he makes another appearance with a song off his new album, Wit's End. I haven't had a chance to listen to the album more than a few times, but the opening track immediately resonated, with the falsetto and "whoa whoa whoa" backing vocals. McCombs is on my short list of artists I really want to see live - if you've seen him, hit me up in the comments and let me know how it was.
P.S. Interesting (to me) fact about the new album - the first 3 songs are each listed as being 5 minutes and 37 seconds long. Weird.
P.S. Interesting (to me) fact about the new album - the first 3 songs are each listed as being 5 minutes and 37 seconds long. Weird.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Song of the Day: Cass McCombs - Prima Donna
I figured Cass McCombs was a woman. Maybe I was thinking of Mama Cass, but for some reason, when I first heard his Catacombs album, I was surprised to find that Cass was a dude.
This was an album that I had seen mentioned in a few blogs, but I didn't get the chance to listen to it until I started using Lala regularly. I tend to keep my queue on Lala pretty full - it was up to about 600 songs but now sits at 238 - and I have it play on shuffle. Every couple of days I'd hear a song that I really liked, and when I went to see who/what it was, it was something off of Catacombs.
Now that I own the album, I find myself continually playing the first side, mainly to hear Prima Donna (and in spite of the fact that the album is solid from front to back). What do I like about it? The repetition, which may bother some, completely sells the song for me. I love how he sings along, sometimes drawing out the words to fit the melody, sometimes throwing out extra syllables.
I'm now totally an addict, having bought two other McCombs' records (though I'm still absorbing those) and really hoping he comes to LA sometime in the near future.
This was an album that I had seen mentioned in a few blogs, but I didn't get the chance to listen to it until I started using Lala regularly. I tend to keep my queue on Lala pretty full - it was up to about 600 songs but now sits at 238 - and I have it play on shuffle. Every couple of days I'd hear a song that I really liked, and when I went to see who/what it was, it was something off of Catacombs.
Now that I own the album, I find myself continually playing the first side, mainly to hear Prima Donna (and in spite of the fact that the album is solid from front to back). What do I like about it? The repetition, which may bother some, completely sells the song for me. I love how he sings along, sometimes drawing out the words to fit the melody, sometimes throwing out extra syllables.
I'm now totally an addict, having bought two other McCombs' records (though I'm still absorbing those) and really hoping he comes to LA sometime in the near future.
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