Louder, louder

Yesterday found me at the CD store for the first time in a long time. The listening station at Olssons suggested the Snow Patrol and Ben Kweller albums to me, but it was teasing me on the Snow Patrol. They were sold out, so I just bought the Ben Kweller and headed out.

Sometimes life works out. The Ben Kweller album is amazing. Well, I think the album is amazing. I can't get past "Hospital Bed", one of the most immediately exciting songs I've heard in a while. It so rawly rocks and is so well played and arranged. It reminds me a lot of first album Ben Folds Five. Those Bens...what can't they do?

Meanwhile, I bought the one Snow Patrol song that I wanted ("Run") on the iTunes music store, and while I do really like it, it's fluffy enough to make me glad that I didn't pull the trigger on the full album.

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