Ra Ra Riot - The Orchad

blog number 2....i know im supposed to write one for every tuesday, and im already failing, but forgive me...i've been sick the last couple of days.  Fortunately i do feel better, although i told myself to get better by thursday - yes i had a chat with my body and i gave it a timeline  (i even searched through google - "quick tips to get back to healthy")...i guess sickness and a cure cant be rushed.  I have had a good dosage of boiling water and tylenol, but nothing eases my stomach more then some anti-biotics...=)....
Ne ways, during my time of recovery, it was extremely hard to go outdoors, or even into my basement where the air is too cold for my throat.  So instead, i stayed in and listened to music; with a side of applying for jobs and reviewing school books i need to buy, but those aren't important...
On my last blog, i talked about a band that i recently discovered.  After nagging my friends and family to read my blog, i also asked them if they heard of such a band.  Surprisingly, only a handful of them have, so i thought i landed on a gem.  Since that time i've had two opportunities to watch this band live...(I KNOW...IN A WEEK)....but with the combination of my sickness...and helping a number of people move from A to B (do people stay in one place ne more?)...i was unable to watch them in any occasion.  So instead, i decided to listen to their most recent album "The Orchard".... which is the topic of blog #2.

This album is completely different from their debut album; which is both a positive and a negative.  Negative - i REALLY like their debut album, positive - you can tell that they are always trying to do something different.  If you know me well enough, you know that im a huge Coldplay fan, and one of the main reasons for my obsessiveness (is that a word?)....is that they continue to do and create new things, each album has a different feel, but the true meaning of their music is still there.  In this case, the catchy - poppy texture in Ra Ra Riots last album has shifted to a more mature, full listen.  Now i can't say that i dislike their choice of direction (note - they did help me through 6 days of sickness), but i did miss the fun, up-tempo sound found in The Rhumb Line.  Don't get me wrong, there are a couple of great songs off this album, one sure listen would be...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZSivEDSHFI; but sometimes, change is not always the answer.  But then it got me thinking, even if you don't want things to change, things are going to change regardless.
For one:

• I'm feeling much better then before (well anything feels better then breathing in toronto air, lugging a coach across the hallway with an extremely soar throat...sickness is just a nicer word for phlegm, mucus and sweat....SOO ATTRACTIVE), 
• i got an interview for a job i really want 
• and i also received my first reference letter from an old friend...it was awesome

So change can be good, but lets not speak to soon...schools about to start!...bring it on!!....
ooooh and my verdict for Ra Ra Riot "The Orchard" - 3/5
....."the Rhumb line" - 4/5.......man i should make this a profession.


recommend ear candy off "the orchard"
 - Do you remember
 - you and i know
 - Shadowcasting
 - Kansai