Along the Run

Half asleep, bleary eyed and thirsty at 2.30am on a Sunday, I decided to start a project.

I’m 20, a musician and expecting my first child.  Like all parents, I want only the best for the spawn that is currently residing in my belly and having a good, solid and eclectic taste in music is much apart of that.  This beautiful being that has mistaken my bladder for a trampoline is going to be inundated for the next 6 (or so) months with everything from indie to pop to soul to rock (all other genres inclusive).  I have asked friends for input, but will also be relying on my own library of lyrical loveliness to bring this plan into action.

Second Storey – Art of Fighting

This was the first album I chose.  It was mainly selfish impulse (I hadn’t heard this album in years and was well overdue for a fix), but don’t let my self-involvement (though momentary) get in the way of the fact that this album – put simply – is absolutely beautiful.

Now, I’m no Meldrum and I wont claim to know everything about every band, but the general gist of what I know about this one is that they are a delightful quartet, hailing from Melbourne.  Rumour has it ‘Second Story’ was written and released shortly after the divorce of two of the members.  While this is a fairly sad narrative to have embedded in an album, I tend to get a sense of melancholy triumph just from the first track (Along the Run). Hmm, maybe not so much triumph as acceptance and love. 

Regardless of the underlying story or family feuds, I love this album to the bones. It’s peaceful, pretty, lyrically sound and the first album my baby ever heard.  I hope you liked it my little sea monkey.