Kafka on the shore.

On a day like this when spring seems an inevitability, the record that I always turn to is Sound Team' "Movie Monster." I don't know much about Sound Team, I got into this record only a few months before they broke up and the one chance I had to see them (when they came around with Voxtrot) I couldn't make it to the show. This type of anonymity is sort of refreshing for me. I can count on one or two hands the number of bands I genuinely like that I a) haven't seen and that b) don't have an elaborate history that I know by heart. "Movie Monster" is a subtle summertime jam that somehow sounds equally at place at a party or as I'm falling asleep. I like versatility and I like charm, and this record possesses both in astounding quantities.