2001: countdown to new obsessions!

Yesterday a girl who was very bored with her music collection stumbled into the blogosphere and found herself surround by plenty of boring and unoriginal hoohas as well as a few gems. One such gem is Moonbabies. Their lush pop has me running circles around their new album Moonbabies at the Ballroom, which seems to be able to fit any situation I'm in. They manage to create piano-driven dreamy landscapes à la Sigur Ros as well steady indie pop with a driving beat à la Stars. It's an album for sure, one that doesn't ask you to just listen to the hit tracks, but instead asks you to sit down, day dream, and hit repeat. In other words, it's definately Oink-able and not simply a Hype Machine look-up. These guys are overall beautiful and dreamy and definately belong on the Arts & Crafts label alongside Stars and Feist. I've posted the first four songs from the album, because their original arrangement is perfect, as well as a couple goodies. And if you're a visual learner, their video for "War on Sound" takes place in outer space and is really awesome.

Tracks
>> 21st Century (opening track)
>> War on Sound
>> Take Me to the Ballroom
>> Don't Ya Know
>> Weekend a Go-Go
>> Over My Head (from The Orange Billboard, a previous album)

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PS Countdown to the most important day of the year is over. Happy Birthday, Caitlin and thanks Dean. It's so bad.