Regarding of my post about the band Fleet Foxes Daniel Gilbey’s-Gin asks:

Do you like them? I think they’re quite cool but missing a new band that really gets me going.
White Denim are good but don’t know if you’d dig there scuz noise.

Do I like Fleet Foxes? I like the single White Winter Hymnal and the EP Sun Giant is worth a listen as I downloaded it from the eMusic site. I’ve not taken the plunge to buy the album because I’ve heard there’s a lot of filler on it. If I see it going cheap, I might nab it. But do I actually like them? I like the idea of reclaiming mediaeval music and putting it into a modern setting and I very much like the production, although I actually have never been a big fan of the Beach Boys, there is something that resonates in the music for me. I don’t tend to champion too many modern bands because they always end up disappearing off the map (remembers Warm Jets).
Wth regards to White Denim, they actually typifiy what I dislike about the modern music scene. Most guitar bands now are ploughing the same field that those bands from 1979 were ploughing (think the Undertones and XTC) and I am sick of hearing the same spiky, three chord rock patterns thrown in my face as if it is something modern. It isn’t. With the plethora of music technology and the infinite variety of possibilities that music throws up for the creative process, that kind of music completely bores me rigid.
I am trying to remember the last time I got genuiningly excited about a band. It was probably Tortoise way back in 1997. Not been that excited since.

Of course, we have both gotten to that stage in our lives where we have heard it all before. It’s called old age. As you move towards middle age, you will start to look back at the things that made you happy when you were younger. Nostalgia is wonderful. Have a baby and do what I do…
Sunday mornings are now known as Prog Sunday in our household. During the Sunday morning feed, I subject Verity to DVDs of all my favourite progressive rock bands – such is my need to indoctrinate her into my taste in music. Some stuff she likes (a big Genesis and Peter Gabriel fan) – some stuff she’s not so keen on (King Crimson and Marillion). My daughter has been heard to shout “Da-da” whenever Phil Collins or Peter Gabriel appear on the screen – which is a little concerning.
I would suggest DHG you do the same. Have a sprog, settle down and wallow in some nostalgia.

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