What in the World Happend to …..
Leisure, you might remember them from last year if you read Pitchfork at all, and I’m pretty sure if you read MP3 Blogs you probably at least heard of Pitchforkmedia.com. Well last year they called them one of the five bands to watch in 2004, but nothing really came of it. Another band they had in their “coveted” list was The Hold Steady, who have since put out two VERY well acclaimed albums, one of which came out this week. Other bands included sub popper Patrick Wolf, and beat mixer Ratatat, but Leisure, who had in my mind at that time had the best songs on the list, are yet to put out a release. The songs are a mix of Shins like synth sounds, but with a more aggressive edge, and the guitar riffs are insaine, sounding like a Hawaii Five-O musical break. I don’t know if they are stuck in some label limbo or, God forbid something worse happend. I would really like to know what happend so here are the only tracks I know that exist of theirs, but I don’t think anyone actually reads this blog, so I’m really writing to myself… or am I….Remember leaving a comment is free!!!