Today's the day that These Were the Earlies by the Earlies finally gets a domestic release (courtesy of Secretly Canadian). I heard so much about this record that I picked it up months ago as an import. Initially I listened to it a lot. I'm a sucker for indie-psych music like the Flaming Lips and Mercury Rev (fans of those bands and even Manitoba might like this record). Musically it's very interesting, but the lyrics are a bit trite. For my money the Flaming Lips' Soft Bulletin is the pinnacle in the genre (Yoshimi is also very good, but a little too similar). Mercury Rev's Deserter's Songs is well worth owning, All Is Dream has a few good moments and The Secret Migration was very disappointing. These Were the Earlies falls somewhere below Deserter's Songs. It's a great headphones record and/or something to turn up loud and zone out to.
Download "Morning Wonder"
Download "The Devil's Country"
See them live at the Echo on 12/2/05 ($10) [buy tickets or save service charges and get them at Sea Level]
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