Alright, two songs. The first, “Pull My Heart Away” by Jack Penate, I wanted to link to for a couple of reasons. One is that it’s terribly catchy. As with a lot of pop, if you like it you might burn through it quickly, listening to it a lot and then discarding it shortly after – but for the first few listens, it’s an indulgent high. The second reason is that it’s from an album entitled Everything is New. Listen to the song and you’ll see why, for a number of reasons, that’s interesting.
The second is Bloc Party’s new single, which I hope gets better with more listens. For the time being though: it blows. I find this especially frustrating because I have an special attachment for Bloc Party. For the half-year I lived in Edinburgh, their first disc was my soundtrack – it was energetic, angry, new and unabashedly self-righteous, and every time I listen to it, I remember walking through Morningside or down Princes St. I miss that Bloc Party.
