Arcade Fire landed at my bed about a week ago. I've been told it don't have the energy as Funeral, and many of my friends have considered it to not be worth the money, but still, I got it. There is no way in hell I'm going to regret the purchase of this record, it made me understand the meaning of having an accordion in a rockband. No Cars Go must be one of the most poetic songs I've heard since Let Down. The first time I heard that song it was from a live recording when they put more energy into it and made it as explosive as Neigborhood #3 (Power Out). It's strange how the studio version was the other way around, more thoughtful and deep. The lyrics stood out as something extraordinary beutiful and all of the instruments had such a warmth in their sound. Headlights Look Like Diamonds was also something I'd heard before, but as the album unfolded in front of me, I discovered a new dimension of my new favorite band.

But enough praising the AC for today, now to the more troublesome part of this last week. It's been a year since one of my better friends called Elin passed away. she was my age and hadn't even graduated from the swedish equivalence to senior high school. It was a great tragedy and much of the thoughts I had last year has come back, and it has also affected what I listen to. I choose to listen to very happy music to keep the mood up, a kind of escapism I would guess. The thing is that I've pretty much accepted her death, a thought that scares me a lot, I'm still feeling angry about not being able to cry about it. I hope I'm not getting too personal, I just need to get it out in words.



Godspeed You! Black Emperor gives me a lot of hope when feeling down, it's really hard to feel depressed after enjoying the first 6 minutes of Storm... On the other hand, GY!BE can bring me down a lot too, I guess it's a bit of a discipline thing to not listen to sad music when your down and tired.

I guess a lot of people has written songs about death and despair, strange how there are so few songs and albums about birth and marriage, good things in life (excluding the regular love yadayada).

Josh Rouse is coming to Gothenburg soon and I hope to catch him there, haven't found anyone to go with yet, but I hope it turns out ok.

Over and out!