Free Diamonds - There Should Be More Dancing
Free Diamonds
There Should Be More Dancing
Deep Elm
Again, I hate comparing bands to other bands, but the easiest thing to say about Free Diamonds would to make reference to Blood Brothers or Beep Beep (or even Modest Mouse on 'The Day We Conquered').
That's the easy way.
Personally, I'm going to take another approach: the band sass-kicks your face in while you dance; ultra-hyper tracks and jilted guitars make this album the type of album you want to fight to. Or paint to. Or, if you have a strong pelvis, fuck to. The lyrics don't do so much in the realm of imagery, nor do they lead you to any real reference points, but the high vocals over tricky breakdowns more than make up for that.
You can stream this album (which is how I heard it the first time), much like a lot of the Deep Elm albums these days. Deep Elm was, for a long time, my Emo hide out, with acts like Seven Storey Mountain and Cross My Heart. They're taking a turn away from that type-casting these days with comps like This Is Indie Rock (the counterpoint to the original Emo Diaries of yore); an odd move who, presumably, engineered bands like Planes Mistaken For Stars, Last Days of April, and The Appleseed Cast to sound 'more emo'.
posted by Colin Reed Moon @ 1:52 PM
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