you know what, people? since we’re all about gypsy music on superstarcastic these days, i gots to tell you something - way before gogol bordello became the hottest thing in balkan indie rock, there was this kickass band called firewater. they’ve been off the scene for awhile because the singer, todd a. (of cop shoot cop fame), was traipsing around the planet avoiding republicans and gathering inspiration. and he found it somewhere, in turkey or indonesia or another exotic locale, because now they’re back, and they have a swaggeringly badass new album called the golden hour. it’s darkish and interesting and inventive and kind of world music-y without being annoying. if you know what i mean. and hey, judging by the cabaret-noir sound of it, tom waits would like it and what more do you need to know?
you can check out some of the tunes (the song ‘hey clown’ is quintessential firewater, reminding me of my favourite album by them, 1998’s excellent the ponzi scheme) on their myspace. do it.
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holy shit! when did ssc get another amber? hello other amber. you can be the capitalized Amber and i’ll be the inferior lower case. that way when i make some offhand asshole remark, we can be told apart and you don’t end up catching the wrath that ensues.
joie. i have never heard of this band. EVER. i have to go research. i’m lacking in knowledge! i can’t allow that!
Woah! At first I thought that was amber. But no… wassup, Amber? And this band - totally new stuff, and my morning will be spent delving into them fully (sorry, boss).
I am joie’s friend from another internet. Hi! Sorry for the name confusion. I will try to be diligent about capitalizing my name so that if I make an asshole remark, no one takes credit for it.
aw, my 2 favourite A/ambers. both of whom make delicious asshole remarks occasionally. good times.
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Comment by Amber — June 18, 2008 @ 4:47 pm
AAAAAAAAAH!
I have to go to the record store rightthisminute!
How did I not know they were coming out with a new album? HOW?