Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Strand of Oaks - HEAL


And then I found my Dad’s old tape machine, that’s where the magic began



A new Heartbreakers album, another gem from J. Lew, and this. As much as I wanna talk Petty, I'm going the other way on this one. I'm talkin' Strand of Oaks.  I'm talkin' opposite field home run. Tie game. 

 I was lonely but I was having fun, I don’t wanna start all over again

“Goshen ’97”. Start there. Track 1.  Nostalgia, I’m a sucker for it.  Be honest with me and I will listen to every single word.  A great melody and I’ll play it again and again.  Make a whole album like that and I will tell all of my friends about it.  But enough about Bangerz.   

Oh and just wait ‘til you get to "JM"! BIG OL GUITARS! And some beautiful lyrics. 

I could say so much about the above mentioned albums.  I’ve enjoyed them very much and I think they’re great.  But I will spare you my friends of my “rock n roll never dies” rants, and my “Jenny Lewis can a write the shit out of a song” declarations and leave you with something different. 




I was born in the middle, maybe too late, everything good had been made  






Also, rock never dies and J. Lew can write the fuck out of a song.