Head full of water

It's such a terribly busy life, isn't it? Or, init?, as Londoners say. There's been so much I've wanted to blog about. Like, Thom Yorke's new album (amazeballs), some gigs I saw on Saturday, new music from here and there and just life in general. But the days pass by and I hardly have time to sit down. I work 2 jobs, I work out, I drink too much coffee and coconut water. Yesterday I baked these amazing vegan cupcakes and I ate way too many. Starting to feel quite fat now after weeks of eating. Pitiful.

Looking forward to the weekend so much! I'm finally doing CrossFit again on Saturday! So excited! And we're going to Brixton.
Last Saturday I was in New Cross with some friends. First we hung out at New Cross Inn, listening to a couple unknown bands. The second was quite good actually, they're called Reckless Ambition. I was expecting some indie from them, so I was quite surprised they played hard rock. I really liked the singers voice. I had a little chat afterward with him and he told me Guns 'n Roses is a big source of inspiration for him. Here's a track from them..



And sorry, no inspirational blogging here. I'm quite uninspired today. I just want to listen to music and zone out. I went to bed 9 PM last night again, and slept a solid 9 hours. Got up, went swimming, got two coffees, a green smoothie, a liter of coconut water and plain water and drank it all in 20 minutes. Story of today. Perhaps I have drowned myself.

x
Sara

Maybe we could just leave this place for good

First listen on NPR: Electric Youth - Innerworld. Click HERE to listen to the full album. I must say I'm liking everything I'm hearing on this radio. Definitely fits my Monday afternoon/evening mood. Electric Youth is a duo made up by Austin Garrick and Bronwyn Griffin. They've been dating since 8th grade. Cute huh?
Hope you guys like this album too!
On another note, today's been good. Work was nice and then I went swimming, which was awesome. I love the water. I miss the ocean and so just being able to swim in a pool and imagine I'm closer to the ocean is exactly what I need right now. Tomorrow I think I'm going to go swimming right away in the morning. Hopefully it'll be less people there then too. Probably not, but it's worth a try.

Hope you have an awesome week, now I'm going to hang out with my roomies for a while.

x
Sara

It will end in tears and I won't be sorry

Philip Selway, best known as Radiohead's drummer, has a new album, Weatherhouse, coming out in October. Here's the single It Will End In Tears.

I quite like it. It's the kind of song I'd like to listen to after a long day of work, feeling accomplished and happy. Regardless of the lyrics, the song has got this tranquil feeling to it, like saying "I'm moving on and that's pretty great". Does that make any sense?

We could spend a lifetime in a weatherhouse

x

Sara

Drowned in Angry Beats

This morning I put Vessel's new album on my playlist, after reading reviews stating "Fans of Massive Attack will like this album", which obviously got my hopes up high in the skies. But after the first listen of the album, I was not impressed.

So this afternoon I gave it another try and it sounds better when I'm not expecting a Massive Attack sound. Not too bad. Anima (below) is in fact really good. Quite heavy and uneasy music I'd say. A bit angry maybe. Kin to Coal is my favorite track on the album.

"What does 'Englishness' in music really mean?" is the question Vessel is apparently trying to answer with this album.
Read a review here.

x
Sara