SONG OF THE DAY (#216)

'postcard,' by afternoon naps

so i'm still basking in the glow of the boston massacre last night. josh beckett was filthy. dusting pedroia and youk are still caliente. even j.d. drew and julio lugo decided to show up. sorry, colorado, all good things must come to an end and that end began last night. there's always next year...

a friend of mine tipped me off to afternoon naps last week. it's kind of suprising to hear they come from the mistake by the lake [a.k.a. cleveland]. i've always assumed cleveland to be the land of butt rockers, but hey, i'm willing to admit it when i'm wrong. sure, afternoon naps sound a lot like belle & sebastian, but that's not to say they don't do what they do well. in fact, they do it a lot better than well. 'sunbeamed' is a great little record [and i say little 'cos it's only got eight songs, count 'em, eight]. yeah, it's borderline twee and at times a bit too precious, but the songs are solid, the melodies first rate, and i'm a sucker for just about anything with a brass section. so go check out 'em out. 'sunbeamed' is available at your usual mp3 buying locations.

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