I apologize for my lack of posts but I am turning over a new leaf and a plethora of amazing albums will be pouring out faster than you can click 'download'. Today's record comes from the boys in Attack in Black. I know its tough, but we will excuse the fact that the hail from Canada due to the amazing music they produce. Their album 'Marriage' is something I discovered off of several hoity-toity year end lists. I gave the album a once through by the pool at my then university and cast it aside as merely another tolerable folk-influenced punk band cashing in on the latest trend. Yet for some reason this album began to haunt me over the years. It would pop up at the most random time in my i-pod shuffle and I couldn't seem to hit the obligatory "skip song" button. When you hear the one-two opening punch of 'Come What May' and 'Young Leaves' you'll KNOW. This album is nothing short of genius, whether it be daniel and ian's charming yet urgent vocal and lyrical prowess or the solid but never over-done production quality...this album resonates from front to back and strikes that rare balance of feeling important without being pretentious and being infectiously catchy and enjoyable without crossing over into cheesy and forced.
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