100 Pound Eyelids

Awesome/Pretentious Word of the Day

pulchritudinous (adj.)

Characterized by or having great physical beauty and appeal

Two (Really) Good Things

1. Mylo Xyloto 

2. Nightlife EP

The only things that I’ve been listening to today…and probably the week.

Although I gotta say, Mylo Xyloto is up and down for me…first 15 minutes = SO SOLID. Last 8 minutes = SO SOLID. I have absolutely no scruples about the beginning/end. “Every Teardrop is a Waterfall” is great once the guitar riff kicks in at :51. “U.F.O.”; “Up In Flames”; and “Us Against the World” are great, but not nearly living up to pre-Viva acoustiColdplay. “Major Minus” is cool, but seems kind of out of place…and fuck “Princess of China.” Seriously, not diggin’.

But hey, they’re most definitely taking the path of experimentation while still (mostly) maintaining greatness, which I can appreciate. Quite a bit, actually.

Meanwhile, Phantogram is staying true to Eyelid Movies Phantogram, which is awesome, but comfortable. They’re changing a tiny bit - namely, in the more acousticentric eponymous track, “Nightlife,” which I think is the best on the EP. It’s good - great, even - and that’s because they know their style and have elaborated. 

I’m really tempted to write full-on album reviews, because I’ve never done a legitimate one, and because these two are pretty great albums, but then I’m reminded of the fact that I have three papers due in the next three days. AWYEA

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