Suck Up and Take Your Medicine
I am completely and utterly in love with this song.
Make sure you listen to it loud on a stereo or on really good headphones. You won't get it if you just listen to it on tinny computer speakers. And listen to the lyrics. And oh, the delivery of the last few lines--so intense--all this hopefulness and perfect melody and angry spitting all layered on top of each other. It's just really stunningly gorgeous and spooky.
I know nothing yet of this band, Cloud Cult, but I'm fascinated just from having heard this song a couple of times driving back from a long road trip. I can't stop listening to it. According to their website, their new album Meaning of 8, which this song ("Take Your Medicine") is on, comes out in stores in only a few days, but they are actually selling it now in advance both digitally and on CD through their website, and hope to continue to do so. They've turned down a lot of major labels so they can sell it themselves and actually earn some money off of their own music. More explanation here. I'm going to buy it directly from them tonight. I'm all for all artists who try to forge ahead independently of the corporate recordlords, and this band in particular certainly deserves to be compensated for their efforts tenfold. If you like this song as much as I do, give them a hand and shell out a few bucks and buy their CD from their website.
You can also see a video of their first single, "Chemicals Collide," here. It's also good (this one reminds me a bit of the Polyphonic Spree, and that's not bad) but so far "Medicine" is my favorite.
