SONG OF THE DAY (#154)

'edward, had you ever thought that the end of the world would come on 20.9.01?', by my little airport.

ten seconds into this song you might think you're taking a nice little gondola ride down the canals of venice whilst the fashionistas walk the sidewalks in sleek black dresses, fancy shoes, and snooty looks. accordians tend to have that effect. but, honey, you ain't in italy anymore...

my little airport are from, believe it, china. wow! this is amazing. listening to their album 'zoo is sad, people are cruel' (talk about charming album titles), it's pretty obvious they grew up worshipping at the altar of sarah records, early 90s 4AD bands, the magnetic fields, and glasweigan greats, belle & sebastian and camera obscura. they even have a song titled, 'when i listen to the field mice.'

true fact: the band consists of of P (lam pang) on guitar and nicole (nicole au kin-ying) on vocals. they met while in college and made a splash by cracking the 'cantopop obsessed top ten' chart. and good for them.

something i just love about the band, aside from the great songs (which all come in well under three minutes), are the song titles, which, i've read, are dedicated to their friends. to wit:

victor, fly me to stafford
faye wong, about your eyebrows (brilliant)
leo, are you still jumping out of windows in expensive clothes? (brillianter)
dee, it may all end tomorrow
you don't want to be my girlfriend, phoebe

it's more than enough to bring a smile to your face. the music scene needs more of my little airports brand of upbeat, homemade, sunshiny, casio-twee pop. we'd all be better off for it.

my little airport: edward, had you ever thought that the end of the world would come on 20.9.01?

my little airport: you don't want to be my girlfriend, phoebe