Driving back in the suburbs of Philadelphia, I spend most of my time with my finger on the scan button, praying to get just one good song out of a forty minute ride. Though I will confess to liking them, there's only so many times you can lisen to "Womanizer" and "All I want for Christmas is You." As the radio was skipping through stations, I heard the words "a little like the National" and abruptly slapped the scan button, and seeked (can you say seeked?) backwards to the station I'd just passed over. This woman Heather, Hannah someone, was talking about a band that had a sound similar to one of my favorites. So I stopped to listen and while I don't see the similarities between the bands, I decided Heather, Hannah was right. This new band, Frightened Rabbit, is pretty great.
And for further confirmation, not that I believe everybody has to second my tastes, Pitchfork said, "Sure, Frightened Rabbit aren't the first band to explore loneliness, horniness, or emptiness in song, just like they aren't the first set of siblings to decide to jam together, but their jangly melodies claw their way inside your brain just the same."
PS. Found her today (one day later). Her name is Heather Browne and she has her own blog: I am fuel, you are friends.
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