And here come the Low Lows, from the bottom of the pile (on my desk) to the top. P.L. Noon, Daniel Rickard, and Jeremy Wheatley have made Fire On The Bright Sky, which will be released September 12th, and from which I would like to share two songs with you today.

The Low Lows - "Velvet"

Between you and the point you want to be are fifty staircases, each with as many stairs going up as going down. Put there for some other purpose (valid, I'm sure) your goal is at the whim of some other design. Other people and their lives inevitably make your life more difficult, so this song plays while you buckle down and start taking the long way. It plays in your head like a commercial jingle, you whistle it absently.

The Low Lows - "The Russian Ending"

I'd say this song is cinematic, but it's not, at least not in the typical way. The atmosphere is that of a movie, the lifts and pulls feel like cuts, or like sweeping pans, and my immediate thought is "oh, this could be such a gorgeous film". But upon reflection, I think it has its own quality of visuals, and wouldn't benefit, in fact would only be hindered, by a visual component. Or maybe that's just something you say when you have no ideas of what to put to it. Something about walking away, that's for sure.

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I also wanted to share, "Lane Fire", a lovely slowdance which showcases P.L. Noon's easy, birdlike voice, and "No Such Thing As Sara Jane", an explosion of love and cymbals, but four is way too much. September is soon.