Song of the Day

**12/21/09

Reinventing Your Exit - Underoath

-------------This song definitely gets a thumbs up on my Pandora playlist. I never used to pay any lick of attention to Underoath because I, like many others, discounted their credibility as real rockers due an old mantra of mine: "If they scream, in your dreams."

But then I saw the Florida rockin' out for Jesus at Vans Warped Tour, and I couldn't turn away from thier absolutely dees-gusting energy. "Reinventing Your Exit" examines the anxious desire we have to go somewhere, to be someone bigger than ourselves and admitting we aren't invincible. Get it from the band's 2004 album, They're Only Chasing Safety.

Underoath are currently on tour with August Burns Red and Emery. Their latest album is Lost in the Sound of Separation, released in September 2008.

http://myspace.com/underoath/

Song of the Day

**10/4/09

Maylene and the Sons of Disaster - Listen Close

-------------Had a beautiful surprise from a few wonderful friends this weekend, and I found myself constantly preoccupied and honestly, unwilling to plop myself down for longer than three seconds.

It's somewhat peculiar and cliche to mention, but you never truly understand an experience until you, well, experience it. Being kept together by highways and telephone lines may seem crazy and unusual, but songs like "Listen Close" by the Alabama Maylene and the Sons of Disaster erase any lines drawn over a perfect canvas. Maylene and Sons features former Underoath frontman Dallas Taylor singing longingly for a far-away muse, and the lyrics (which I have so conveniently posted for your sing-along pleasure) dig deep into a missed love, but also of scarier doubts (i.e. the final lyric of the final verse " I've been gone so long I'm afraid I might be losin' you." Get "Listen Close" from Maylene and the Sons of Disaster III.

=Verse 1=

It's been awhile and a million miles

Since I've seen the sun shine on your face

A long time coming but now I'm runnin' back home

Southern pines and neon signs and every backroad between the two

Out of sight don't mean out of mind to me
=Chorus=

Carry on this way

I'm singin' to you from somewhere tonight am I getting through?(Is it getting through?)

I choke on every word and it never comes out right

This would be so much easier standing next to you
=Verse 2=

I didn't know what I was lookin' for

But I found it when I took your hand

The cheshire smile still cuts me down to the bone

Preacher says it's for rich or poorWe see a lot of the latter of two

I've been gone so long I'm afraid I might be losin' you
=Chorus=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmRYM0dQ9_M