Land of Talk - Some Are Lakes

School has officially started...its my last year...where i'm going after?...well lets just hope i make it through first!...So while stumbling upon this next album (and without the help of a thesaurus) stumbling into my last year of university, i realized that there are two types of people in this world: people who care..and people who just don't give a shit.  I guess there are a couple of exceptions, but majority would be at either poles.  It's difficult to determine who's who at first, but when your at the forefront of your university career, you tend to realize who's gonna stick by you, and who's just a bump on the road.  This brings me to #5...and my next album:

Land of Talk - Some Are Lakes

Land of Talk became the main focal point because of two factors:
1: the main guitarist and main singer is female
2: the melody at which she is singing, and the rhythm of the music are completely different...but when put together...its freaking genius.
So lets just point out that the main guitarist/Singer is female...yes there is Metric, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Paramore; counting a few, with lead female singers, but Elizabeth Powell never puts down the strings while delivering her unique voice accompanied by bass and percussions.  Not taking anything away from the bass guitarist and drummer, but if you listened to Powell's voice separately, it's a completely different picture.  She has the ability to sing A capella and still bring out the message she intended with or without her band. 
The song "it's ok" best describes the difference between the music and voice.  The haunting, yet gritty tone of her voice meshes perfectly with her off tuned guitar and back up band.  It's hard not to listen to this song once or twice more just to get the full effect of its perfect imperfection.

So maybe we are supposed to be challenged by people we don't particularly like.  It's possible that others who care make up for the ones who don't care at all and vice versa.  Two is better then one, and once you put them together, it's up to you to see fit.

Land of talk - Some are lakes: 3.5/5
recommended songs:
It's Ok
Some are Lakes
Yuppy Flu
Trouble