SONG OF THE DAY (#261)

'headphones' | the aluminum group

the third act of the aluminum group's 'happy' trilogy, ['happyness,' 2002; 'morehappyness,' 2004] 'little happyness' finally dropped on january 29 via minty fresh. like its predecessors, 'little happyness' inhabits that that space somewhere between the magnetic fields and the high llamas. it's a unique brand of buoyant, perfectly polished, electro-tinged chamber-pop you probably wouldn't expect from a couple of tough-looking brothers from chicago.

the aluminum group has been doing their thing for the better part of the last decade, enlisiting occassional assistance from chicago-based luminaries and accomplished musicians and producers like sam prekop, jim o'rourke, tortoise, etc. in short, it's some excellent dag. if you enjoy this, and i'm sure you will, you've got an entire back catalogue of aluminum group albums to discover and enjoy. it's only been in the last couple of years that i've started listened to them, and i always enjoy it.

→ the aluminum group: headphones
→ the aluminum group: lovely day
→ the aluminum group: motorcycles [from 'morehappyness']

and by the way, i'm still tinkering with the blog's layout. if things are still a bit skeewompled, i apologize...