SONG OF THE DAY [#355]

'drowned' | halloween alaska

well, this is the song that started this whole 'song of the day' business a couple of years ago [it was an email list for a while].   yep, this was song #1.  it's such a great song that i thought those of you haven't heard it before, might might like to give it a listen because halloween alaska is very mighty and very awesome.

i'm forever indebted to my friend, honora, for first introducing me to halloween alaska on her 2006 mix, 'i fold in half so easily.'  she's from minneapolis and so is halloween alaska.  apparently the band has a big following there and i'm doing my best to give them a bigger following from new york to, well, alaska.

the first time i heard 'drowned' i about flipped. literally.  halloween alaska, as the guy over at allmusic.com, is one of the rare bands that backs the claim that they don't sound like anyone else and don't fit into any pre-existing musical 'genre.'  in this day where most bands either point directly to their influences and their influences are readily apparent in the music, halloween alaska has no absolutely no frame of reference. the only way you can answer the question, 'who do they sound like? is to honestly answer, 'no one.'  what a colossal achievement.

well, i've been awaiting a new halloween alaska album for a couple o' years now.  i keep hearing little rumours here and there that they are close to releasing something [this year, according to their website] and every time i do my heart flutters just a bit in anticipation.   but alas, nothing new...yet.  here's hoping they guys finish up their third album soon because their first two are on my desert island album list.

and by the way, the 2:30 mark will launch you into outer space. you have been warned.

→ halloween alaska: drowned
→ halloween alaska: you're it
→ halloween alaska: telling me