ONE WORD TRIGGERS
Music with expressionArchive for September, 2008
One to watch: Francis and the Lights
This band has received a smattering of coverage in the blog-o-sphere but don’t seem to have taken off, which I find strange.I was tipped off about these guys by Drew at the Linesthroughlines blog and they are, in my opinion, just great!
To date they have produced two records, “A Modern Promise” and their latest EP “Striking”. But get this….they are happy for you to download both records for free!!! That’s a total of 10 tracks for free…nada….gratis.
The lead track, ‘Striking’ is a brilliant number….very Prince…very….STRIKING, and ‘Night Watchman’ is catchy as hell.
Visit their website and watch the video for the track ‘Top’….energetic, or what?
These fellas deserve a sight more than the 8 and a half thousand plays they’ve had on their Myspace.
Show them some love.
The Script: Third Single
Following the success of ‘We Cry’ and ‘The Man Who Can’t Be Moved’, The Script have announced that the 3rd single to be taken from their self-titled debut album will be….‘Breakeven’ and it’s due for release on 10th November.
The video gets an exclusive airing on Radio 1’s website this week and you can view/listen [here].
The band are currently on the road with One Republic at the moment touring round Europe.
TRIGGER: Eyes
And after a short interval we resume….
My eyes are getting worse. It’s been about three years since my last eye test and I know I’m going to need new glasses.
I find myself taking my glasses off to read more and more when it should be the other way around.
Amazing things, eyes….
And so the trigger is….
eye[ahy] Plural (eyes)
-noun
1. the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
2. the aggregate of structures situated within or near the orbit that assist, support, or protect the eye.
3. this organ with respect to the color of the iris: blue eyes.
4. the region surrounding the eye: a black eye; puffy eyes.
5. sight; vision: a sharp eye.
6. the power of seeing; appreciative or discriminating visual perception: the eye of an artist.
7. a look, glance, or gaze: to cast one’s eye at a beautiful necklace.
8. an attentive look, close observation, or watch: to be under the eye of a guard.
9. regard, view, aim, or intention: to have an eye to one’s own advantage.
10. a manner or way of looking at a thing; estimation; opinion: in the eyes of the law.
11. a center of light, intelligence, influence, etc.
12. the hole in a needle.
13. a hole made in a thing for the insertion of some object, as the handle of a tool: the eye of an axe.
14. a metal or other ring through which something, as a rope or rod, is passed.
15. the loop into which a hook is inserted.
TRACKS:
- Reel Big Fish - Brown Eyed Girl
- Questionnaires – Ghosts In Your Eyes (album: Arctic Circles) [2003]
- Cabin – Cover Your Eyes (album: I Was Here) [2007]
- Guillemots – Blue Eyes (album: Trains to Brazil) [2005]
- Dave Matthews – Grey Blue Eyes (album: Some Devil) [2003]
- Wilco – Red-Eyed And Blue (album: Being There) [1996]
- The Boy Least Likely To – I See Spiders When I Close My Eyes (album: The Best Party Ever) [2005]
- David Gilmour – Then I Close My Eyes (album: On An Island) [2006]
- Múm – Dancing Behind My Eyelids (album: Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy) [2007]
- Lunik – Through Your Eyes (album: Life Is on Our Side) [2005]
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