New music makes me happy. Without fail a new cd will brighten any day. Sometimes a cd goes above and beyond that calling and truly speaks to your core. It doesn't so much put a smile on your face as it blows a gentle warm breeze into your soul. Sure you're smiling, but it's this slight upturn, coming from the very bottom of your inner depths up to the top, as if to say - this music makes me whole.
I'll be seeing the band Virginia Coalition open for O.A.R. next month. VACO, as they are known, has guested with O.A.R. many times (also known as a permatour but that explanation enters levels of nerdiness we need not go to), and so I already knew they were cooler than falling leaves at sunset. Now that I finally own more than the random, snagged mp3 of theirs, I also know that they can write crazy good lyrics - and that Andy kid has a voice that speaks volumes across a single chord.
Track # 7, in particular, rules not just because of it's quick drives and countable beats like the story it uses simple verse to express - but because it is titled "Abby Are You Endless".
For the record - Um, yes and no.
And In sum - Thank God for VACO.