New Music- The Reindeer Section
Ok, it's not really new, the last album they released was in 2002 but it's new to me and probably new to you.
So after the incredible Snow Patrol concert on Wednesday and my near binge the week leading up to it, I decided to listen to something else. My new boss had uploaded some tunes to her mp3tunes locker (my review on that service coming later this weekend) and I saw a group whose name, The Reindeer Section looked really interesting. So I checked it out and liked it, a lot. I thought "Damn, this is good writing!" and thought the music sounded great too. It was relatively mellow and allowed me to concentrate at work. But the melodies raced in my head for hours on end listening or not. So as is the norm for me, I decided to do some obsessive investigative work.
My findings? Turns out those great lyrics and voice were that of Gary Lightbody who we all know is the lead singer of Snow Patrol! Lol. Fine Gary. You have all my attention right now so I might as well just get your music out of my system.
If your curious, check out their last album, Son of Evil Reindeer, and specifically, Grand Parade, Budapest, Cartwheels and You Are My Joy. But really, the whole album is great to listen to. It's mixed well and is just, well, awesome. I think everyone in my audience would appreciate it, including my parents ;)
The band has/had 27! members and according to Wikipedia,
The Reindeer Section arose - according to Lightbody - out of a chance get-together of musicians at a Lou Barlow gig in Glasgow in 2001, at which Lightbody drunkenly laid down the challenge to others to "make an album together", to which everyone said "yeah yeah". Lightbody "went home and next day wrote the album" and later convinced Johnny Davies of Bright Star Recordings to fund a recording session and release the proposed album. The group met over three days of rehearsal and ten days of recording to produce the first album. The album was released with a mini tour, the first venue of which was Belfast's The Limelight venue.
So check 'em out on I-Tunes, your favorite files haring application (but be sure to buy the album if you like to support the artists) or drop me an e-mail and I'll hook you up ;)
September 23rd, 2006 - 18:19
I love the you are my joy song. And now that I think about it, I think Snow Patrol sang that song at one of the concerts I saw them play at. I think it was at Deck the Hall Ball last year. I was surprised when they sang it because pretty much no one in the audience had heard the song before but I’d heard it several times on KEXP and was singing right along to it. I didn’t know at the time that he was the lead singer for Reindeer Section. I’m glad I’m able to share some of my music with you.