Forplay’s prescriptions are over-the-counter and highly recommended.

Kings of Convenience’s Quiet is the new Loud is an excellent way to submerge yourself into a bottle of Scotch. The album can be extremely peaceful and awfully melancholic at the same time. However, there is a time and place for melancholy and that time is not Christmas night.

Christmas night is probably best complemented by Versus (Quiet is the new Loud Remixed), and a responsible dose of nyquil (if you’re ill).

Sounds Like: AIR, Jose Gonzalez, Fink

Goodie Bag
Kings of Convenience - Gold for the price of Silver (Erot vs. Kings of Convenience verson) (Left-Click)

Autumn Audio

*The Whitest Boy Alive - Gravity*

As flip-flop days draw closer to an end, I am sure that much like me, the scant readership of this blog is in a mad rush to find the right music to match the footwear that will weather the frost of the coming months. Unfortunately for the Eastern United States, Mother Nature has been teasing us like a 15 year old girl begging for attention. I drove home in near zero visibility last night, and woke up this morning sweating due to the beaming sun shining on my face. Setting aside the obvious fashion difficulties associated with constantly wavering weather, it is just becoming a task to live life with a soundtrack.

In light of unpredictability, I have temporarily left my music decision making to the Apple Shuffle algorithm. And for my trust I was rewarded with this tune. Experimental (not-so-much) project of Kings of Convenience lead singer, Erlend Oye, The Whitest Boy Alive makes smooth, pop dance floor tunes, with traditional instruments. While traces of Convenience are immediately evident (Oye’s unmistakable tenor), Whitest Boy is a bit more upbeat with the potential to give sound to any seemingly mundane activity.