I think of you only

I have a couple of bands that I am dying to see in concert and fortunately, the opportunity to see one of them presented itself to me recently. I get to go see the Decemberists when they stop in Dallas in April. So I've been listening to their latest CD to get in the mood. Yes, I realize that April is still a long ways away, but I like to be prepared... and I really am enjoying this new album. This song won't replace my long-time favorite song (Hazards of Love 4), but it's ranking well so far. Colin Meloy+steel guitar=magic. It's like a scientifically proven equation.

I still remember first listening to the Decemberists. I was overseas and dying for new music, so I'd taken to downloading mixes of indie music then going through them to try to find groups that I liked. I'd generally just load the entire batch of songs onto my ipod and listen on the way to work, or while I was at the gym. That's how I first heard the Decemberists-- O Valencia...which is still a song near and dear to my heart. But now there are so many, it's hard to pick just a few favorites.

I could gush for days and days. Well, maybe not, but at least paragraphs and paragraphs. But I won't. I'm just going to sit and (loudly) anticipate the end of April.