He has progressed as both a songwriter and a singer. His voice is more mature and, well, sexy, and less awkward and shy.

I am not sure how painfully alone Owen is anymore, but he’s clearly been listening to a lot of music. I hear tinges of Tindersticks and Jens Lekmans but I truly think it’s original.

For a pop band.

From a pop fan.

Sorry it’s been so long since my last post. I’ve been trying to write a novel and do other stuff like survive in this economy, mentally and physically.

He has progressed as both a songwriter and a singer. His voice is more mature and, well, sexy, and less awkward and shy.

I am not sure how painfully alone Owen is anymore, but he’s clearly been listening to a lot of music. I hear tinges of Tindersticks and Jens Lekmans but I truly think it’s original.

For a pop band.

From a pop fan.

Sorry it’s been so long since my last post. I’ve been trying to write a novel and do other stuff like survive in this economy, mentally and physically.

It is a not a safe declaration, neither. Meaning, it’s not super upbeat and it also lacks that trendy irony (trendony) that is so predictable and typically delicious to my kind.

The music I describe harkens back to things I am not familiar with, except that My Morning Jacket, unfortunately, comes to mind, particularly in the wailing category. It reminds me, then, of elements with which I am unfamiliar. It does not sound like Classic Rock, and it does not sound like U2. The lyrics seem rather normal – “You Run with The Devil” being the chant on “Your Protector” is not a new chant, nor is the lyrical salutation, “Baby.”

However, there is a certain build-up in the drums, with some downright noodly guitar in the backdrop that harkens back to 1985. It is a slow band with some Bon Iver falsetto thrown in, but again, let’s liken it more to My Morning Jacket than to the sweet falsetto of Bon Iver, as Bon Iver does not use elements of reverb as much as, perhaps, FF uses.

Most unique, most important to clarify here is the choir-like singing as well as the Jens Lekman gayness. And I mean that in the best of ways, of course. It has a beautiful melody. The guy — and I have not heard his singing before — really can sing, or wail, or chant, and the percussion and orechestration is rather celebratory.

Will MNFB gain a following? I know it will.

That Fleet Foxes is my new favorite bands is now a new fact, and I hope not a fleeting fact. Let me be the first (or last?) to deem FF my MNFB.

Check them out, and don’t be the last to know. Thank you again, Tim, for turning over so many rocks to find this particular gem.

I think it’s got just the right mix of diversity, pop mentality, and, what a relief, a lack of irony. It’s straight-ahead, not even lo-fi. It occasionally reminds me of Wings, which in my book, anyway, is a pretty high compliment (especially in terms of originality). The songs are well composed and quite catchy. So, for the next few days or weeks, I’m going with The Dodos.

Congratulations The Dodos. You’re my new favorite band.

Coming up soon:

The Figurines

Los Campencinos (sp?)

and much more

I have since done searches for My New Favorite Band and have not found much except perhaps some other bands that used to have that band name.  This URL is not a band, but rather a blog, and it will probably die the death of most blogs with long URLs, that of neglect and shyness and disappointment, but we will try to keep it going until it limps along to its dreary end.