While this year seems to take its sweet time to be done and over with, a fantastic album comes along and gives you the kind of hope you had when you were young and idealistic and probably still in school.
From the epicness of The Format's Dog Problems, Nate Ruess moves on to make things more FUN. (and I'm sorry for the pun). I want to say that even though we still have 2.1 months to go, Aim and Ignite is my favorite album of the year.
I realized this when I was on my way to work this morning. I've been listening to this album for days now. When I first gave fun. a listen, I got hooked on several songs (At Least I'm Not As Sad As I Used To Be, Be Calm, Light a Roman Candle), but after drowning in Nate's awesome awesome voice, the lyrics and the brilliant, theatrical, and all-out instrumentation I picked up some more favorites (Take Your Time, Barlights). I can gush on forever, but you can have a listen by streaming their album on their
myspace.
A great year for music, I think. A shitty year for everything else.
So don't give up!