Sunday, April 25, 2010

Coachella 2010

Thoughts on Coachella 2010 coming soon....

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Download Now: "The Green Room"-The Tins


It's been a minute since our last post, but there's a real good reason for that. We've been criss-crossing the country in search of the perfect follow-up to "She Comes Alive." I think we found it! Our journey finally landed us in the always sunny, Buffalo, New York. Like Portland, Buffalo has given us some great things. What they are, I'm not totally sure, but I'm sure they're all great. Well, they did give the us the Buffalo Bills of 90s, who went to 4 Super Bowls in a row, and lost them all, most notably Super Bowl 25, when the kicker missed a game winning field goal, "wide right". This helped spawn Buffalo '66, which gave us Vincent Gallo, who also gave us The Brown Bunny, which is probably the most uncomfortable movie you will ever watch.

The Tins is a Buffalonian three piece that use guitars and synth sounds, combined with dueling vocals to help create a immediacy in their sound. "The Green Room" is the complete opposite of "She Comes Alive." In the latter track, the joys of love are celebrated with the the blinders on. The too good to be true part of a relationship. "The Green Room" is the part when it's all over and fallen apart. At about the 3:40 mark, the song and protagonist breakdown, completely aware that he wishes nothing but the worst to whomever just broke his heart/ruined his life. It's a little sad, it's a little sad. But we've all been there. We've all been a little "She Comes Alive" and a little bit of the "The Green Room." It's the best part of life! And it makes for amazing songs...

Download Now: "The Green Room"-The Tins