Monday, 11 April 2011

Is summer here?

Judging by the pink nose I am currently sporting, it would seem so. So the hunt for easy summer listening begins. Well I can't stay away from my staple diet of Summer = Beirut + Sufjan Stevens.. but there is one song I cannot stop listening to. Devendra Banhart has been on my radar for a while but it's not until recently that I've paid him proper attention.


If you are not already acquainted with the following I strongly suggest you become so...where oh where are their new albums?

Beirut combines my love for alternative male voices, the accordion and the Flugelhorn:


  Beirut - Postcards from Italy;  Beirut - Nantes;  Beirut - The Penalty

Sufjan Stevens combines my love for alternative male voices, the banjo and the English horn:


Sufjan Stevens - For the Widows in Paradise;  Sufjan Stevens - Holland

Also on the soundtrack of Little Miss Sunshine (top ten film alert) Sufjan Stevens - Chicago