my heart is not in control

genre: electro-acoustic
artist: jdsy
album: blue newspaper
featured tracks: telluride, brite 8
street date: 15th june 2010
label: moodgadget

When i hear electro-acoustic, I automatically think owl city and fireflies. Yeah, this album is nothing like that. Jdsy has previously been noted for creating deep, "dark & twisty" (you love my Grey's anatomy references) songs and this album certainly does not disappoint. It's not as heavy as adage of known, but it's far from light-hearted and lends itself to introspection quite well.

Brite 8 is that song I want to listen to when I feel the all too familiar calm-before-the-storm that can only foreshadow the onset of disaster. You know what's coming, and you know you can't avoid it. So you just have to put on the right song, pour yourself some whiskey, and go into battle with a positive attitude.

And if brite 8 is your battle song, Telluride is the hug you need when all is said and done. It's the apology, the request for forgiveness. It's softer, sweeter, more hopeful. The beat is reminiscent of a sublime song at the end of summer, and the chimes are the twinkling stars that provide some resolve.

[end excessive philosophizing]

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