Leisure
Leisure - Way of Life
Leisure are a rock band from Boston. They haven't released anything yet, but had some mp3s up on their website (their current site seems to be down, but here's an old one that has a couple more mp3s). To the best of my knowledge, the only national press they've gotten was about a year and a half ago when Pitchfork dubbed them one of 5 new bands to watch in 2004, alongside Tussle, Patrick Wolf, the Hold Steady and Ratatat.
Those other 4 bands all released successful albums, but all Leisure has done is record a couple more demos and start up an email list. Nonetheless, Leisure will eventually live up to that sweeping pronouncement by Pitchfork, but probably not in 2005. Maybe 2006 or 2007, though. However, this band will eventually become a hot buzz band and get famous.
Why? Because they're that good. "Way of Life" is one of their new songs, and shows significant artistic growth over their original demos. Their lead singer's voice has matured into a rich Jeff Buckley-esque croon, and the rest of the band has become equal adept at their instruments. Melancholy organ mixes with post-post punk drumming, throbbing bass and even a brief xylophone section. It all leads up to the fiery Neil Young-esque guitar solo that closes the song. This almost 7 minute long song never wears out it's welcome and is their finest work to date.
Leisure are a rock band from Boston. They haven't released anything yet, but had some mp3s up on their website (their current site seems to be down, but here's an old one that has a couple more mp3s). To the best of my knowledge, the only national press they've gotten was about a year and a half ago when Pitchfork dubbed them one of 5 new bands to watch in 2004, alongside Tussle, Patrick Wolf, the Hold Steady and Ratatat.
Those other 4 bands all released successful albums, but all Leisure has done is record a couple more demos and start up an email list. Nonetheless, Leisure will eventually live up to that sweeping pronouncement by Pitchfork, but probably not in 2005. Maybe 2006 or 2007, though. However, this band will eventually become a hot buzz band and get famous.
Why? Because they're that good. "Way of Life" is one of their new songs, and shows significant artistic growth over their original demos. Their lead singer's voice has matured into a rich Jeff Buckley-esque croon, and the rest of the band has become equal adept at their instruments. Melancholy organ mixes with post-post punk drumming, throbbing bass and even a brief xylophone section. It all leads up to the fiery Neil Young-esque guitar solo that closes the song. This almost 7 minute long song never wears out it's welcome and is their finest work to date.
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