Coisas Boas do Ano

O ano passado trouxe de volta os American Musica Club, com o seu novo álbum Love Songs for Patriots. Se nada mais houvesse, seria a prova de que o ano findo sempre teve algo de bom.
Belas canções, em que a simplicidade se entrelaça com uma melancolia por vezes cortante, resgatam a antiga energia e vitalidade desta banda de São Francisco, que encontrávamos em álbuns como "California" ou "EverClear".

Myopic Books
found on: Love Songs for Patriots
solo demo found on: Comes With a Smile Volume 9 (called 'Bought a Book')

"One day I left my room in the evening
It was freezing, a sidewalk shining
But it was okay - I wasn't lonely
I wasn't no one, I was just hoping
for a bookstore like the one I prayed for
and the music they'd play there would be Dinosaur Jr.
and the people who worked there would be super skinny
and super unfriendly - and that would make me happy
That would make me happy

And what really kills me is I'm only lonely
when I talk to you, yeah I should have told you
I just can't handle your endless sorrow
All I wanted from you was some tomorrow
But it's okay - I'll find a bookstore
and buy Saul Bellow
and one about old ruins for my mother
You never met her - she liked Manhattans
They taste like mouthwash
She understood how to be alone, all alone
All alone

Maybe the worst is over
Maybe the worst is over
Maybe the worst is over
Maybe the worst is over

One day I left my room in the evening
The sun had just gone down, but the sky was still shining
and not even the stars out, up in their heaven
could throw their ashes on the blue still burning
over this ugly city - and that makes me happy
and that makes me happy
and that makes me happy
that makes me happy.