Joie De Vivre

I am leaving my home here on the prairies soon to go live on the coast, but unlike the many from my home before me I find myself less enchanted. I like the sort of reverie that comes with being out in the rural areas here in the midwest. Flat land with more golds and yellows than the eye can see for most of it. It's put me in the mood for some softer music and looking for things that would suit the leaving feeling. Along with searching for good quotes and one found itself in a band I know next to nothing about and had only just listened to for the first time yesterday night.

The quote is "You can suck in all the sun you want, but you can't burn away your home." It just seems to fit my disenchantment with a place that everyone else is so excited to go to. The band is Joie De Vivre (A French saying meaning "Joy of Life") and the album is "To the North."

I know nothing about these guys right now except that they are playing with Owen soon, cite American Football as an influence, and most of all sound a helluva lot like a Sunny Day Real Estate worship band. Sometimes I find the vocalist has an eerie similarity to the vocalist from Sunny Day Real Estate seemingly enjoying to mix between lazily sung/spoken portions rising into the explosive yet beautiful higher ranges for emphasis here and there.
The lyrics are all extremely well written and it's a great album for just sitting and listening to.

Probably would have been a better post earlier in the week or the week before because this is the perfect rainy day anthem album. Not so much for a day of beautiful sunshine and heat.

Big thanks to Mark for hooking me up with this album.

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