It’s like my best friend betrayed me. The internet in my apartment went out and we’ll be separated until Friday morning. This would be okay if the only thing I was missing was complaints by friends on Facebook and Twitter, but I use the wonderful web for a living. Today I scrambled up my belongings and headed east to seek refuge at a library that lacked outlets and now a McDonalds, which surprisingly will let you sit for hours with a $1 drink, thanks Ronald. So with a dull connection in hand, I listened to Late Night Beers’ Waking. It has never taken me that long to listen to three songs. They kept cutting in and out and after about an hour and a half, I finally got through this indie-emo-dreamsical album.
I remember the first time I ever felt like I was in a dream running slow motion through time. It was 6th grade and I got my first batch of CDs for Christmas. Radiohead’s “Karma Police” was somewhere towards the end and that’s what it felt like; a dream sequence. I felt the same was as “Isn’t It Pretty to Think?” played. It transformed the rush hour of a fast food restaurant into a serene landscape. The far off vocals of “Chiminea” made me want to pass it by, but once it picked up and got some energy, I kept it going. Well this was after the 30 minute wait to hear it in full. Wrapping it up, “Waking” took the vocals of the first and energy of the second and made the best track of the album.
As the crowd exits from their Big Macs, I too am done with Late Night Beers’ Waking. It’s been a hell of a time trying to listen with a connection that is not my own, but I can say it was worth the wait. I’ve come to like music like this since Dowsing entered my life some time ago. Although Late Night Beers is a little more 80’s in the vocal department and have a more ambient feel. If this tickles your fancy, check out Waking, out now.
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