Album of the Week

I hope you all enjoyed last week's album.  It didn't actually last a week, but it's time to move on to bigger and better things.  (If you are looking to still listen to Relayted by Gayngs, the lucky few following my "album" soundcloud page can find it there).
This week's album is one that has been on repeat for the past couple weeks.  For those of you who know me, songs and albums don't usually last with me past a few days before its time to move on to something else.  Ra Ra Riot's The Orchard broke my usual cycle.  For this reasons, and many others, I have been anxiously waiting to share it with you.  If you are not familiar with Ra Ra Riot, there sound reminds me of a softer, poppier Vampire Weekend with strings.  That may sound good and bad to you.  Sure, Vampire Weekend can be pretty poppy, and to get poppier may be off putting.  I am right there with that line of thinking.  However, The Orchard is so well crafted and produced, that your hesitation to enjoy a pop album is erased.  I want to call  The Orchard perfect, but that is my excitement about this album running over.  In actuality, this album has many tracks that have great potential to be radio worthy and video worthy, if MTV still showed videos.  In today's world, I expect blogs to hype this album for the next month as well as Ra Ra Riot becoming a YouTube favorite.
The Orchard is the band's second full length album, and  compared to their previous albums, it is much more subdued and refined.  This band has seen a lot of change, from signing to a major label record company to losing their drummer, who drowned in some mysterious accident.  (This may be an explanation for their connection to Massachusetts, as that is where the terrible accident occurred).  In any case, from all their ups and downs, the band has a bright future.  I am officially a fan for a long time after hearing The Orchard. I hope you enjoy The Orchard as much as I do.