Naive Harmonies

I hope it doesn't shatter your image of me as a rock and roll heavyweight when I admit that I look forward to chill Sunday mornings, going through my music library to find the sound that's just right for the quiet, testing the ingredients: relaxed but energetic, something that has enough grit to wake you up but not so many volume spikes that you feel jolted into the quietest day of the week. Ultimately what you want is something that isn't just right as you read the paper, but makes you put the paper down, look out the window and wonder if there's anything better than just listening to some great music.

Menahan Street Band, "Home Again!" (2008)

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preview the record (out Oct 14th)

The Menahan Street Band is something of a Daptone supergroup, bringing in musicians from the Dap Kings (of "Sharon Jones and the" fame) and Antibalas, but in a way, it's distilling the standard Daptone Sound. It's still immediately recognizable as a song from the 60's that was created in the current year, but it just somehow seems almost even more pure, simplified and visceral. There's something to the sound that brings an immediate sense of satisfaction.

Oh, I can't put my finger on it. It's a lovely song and I can't wait for the record to come out. Make the Road By Walking will be released on October 14th.