A Quest.

The last few weeks I have found myself getting into music again. I was into music before, but if it is at all possible more into it. I blame the reappearance of Mr Patrick Wolf in my musical life, it was there before but nothing was new. Things that I had listened to a hundred times before, never getting old or irrelevant just repeating. The upcoming release of a new album though means new sounds.I don't think there are many bands out there that genuinely change their sound between their albums but this one seems to be about to do that, not completely changing but definitely changing its focus. Gone is Magic Position Pop Patrick back is Dark Electronic Patrick.

Another reason for the sudden relighting of my love for music is the sunshine. I'm not keen on 'good' weather, I much prefer it when the clouds are out and its blustery, rainy and there are storms, its just more interesting than when there is the standard of the sun is shining and it is warm. It doesn't help that I have a wardrobe with the colour scheme that reflects the bad weather times. The last week we had sunshine, its like a novelty round here but yesterday I was glad to see that the grey skies had come back. But how does this relate to music? Well much like my wardrobe I have a Mp3 player which reflects bad weather, songs that sound better when heard in the rain or when the leaves are falling off trees. Albums like that seem to have staying power in my musical collection but the ones that go with the sun shining brightly seem to come and go. Last year it was the turn of Vampire Weekend and Born Ruffians but when I listened to them last week it just wasn't the same, to be honest they were pretty boring. This has lead me to a new quest, finding an album for the summer. I have no idea where to look because all my usual locations lead me to things similar to the rest of my autumn/winter albums and bands. I already know that the new Patrick Wolf album wont be an summer album despite it being released in June, same goes for Placebo. Looks like I might have to start listening to music on the radio again, picking up music magazines, reading music blogs and going to gigs.

So let the quest for summer music begin. Any suggestions?

Wolves and Sunshine,

t xx

Note: What have I been listening to?