This album seemed to be a major player in the 2003 Pro­gres­sive music move­ment. Although very polit­i­cal sound­ing this was about the time when I feel that the music com­mu­nity finally recov­ered from the Post Alter­na­tive and Grunge styles and these new gen­er­a­tion of bands grew out of their pop punk youth into a more mature and stu­dious approach to music. Pos­si­bly because by this time with excess tour­ing, rela­tion­ship trou­bles, and what­ever else ails these musi­cians it all goes with a say­ing, “Mis­ery is inspirational”.

The tran­si­tion that Radiohead’s went through from Ok Com­puter to Kid A is sim­i­lar, in a sense. With their respec­tive lyri­cists hav­ing the end­less road as fuel for lyrics. As for the album it is 12 tracks (in the full ver­sion). The album starts qui­etly and then segues from quiet and serene to loud and even rau­cous at times. They pro­duced two music videos that can give you a proper feel of how dark this album is.

The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows
Sic Tran­sit Glo­ria (Glory Fades) — One of my favorite music videos.

Weekly Mix­tape!

For the week of Decem­ber 13th-19th:

A Side:

The Rakes — Retreat

Whitest Boy Alive — Golden Cage (Fred Falke Remix)

Wild Sweet Orange — Ten Dead Dogs

The Shout Out Louds — Normandie

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B Side:

Lily Allen — Not Fair (Remix)

Albert Ham­mond Jr — Every­one Gets a Star

Peter Bjorn and John — Young Folks

Brand New — At the Bottom

For copy­right rea­sons I do not pro­vide the down­load. You can buy these on Itunes or get the CD.
or
You can Google search for a free down­load if you are so inclined.