doodledee

Last Friday I cut out of work early and ran over to the record store to pick-up the new Phish album. On the way there I heard the new single on the radio. "Huh, it's all poppy and stuff," I thought. "And why does Trey forget to solo?" Whatever, I'll obviously buy it anyway. Bound to be something good on it.

When I got to the store I noticed The Owls newest (and only) disc was also featured on the new release rack. "At last," I thought, "my White Whale." See, a couple of months back I had run all over town trying to find a copy of it. Nobody could keep it in stock. WTF was that about? Some no-name local mellow pop band puts out a 20 minute EP and it sells like it's some badass new Luda joint? Holla!

Anyway, I had forgotten all about it until I saw it sitting there, so I grabbed a copy along with the Phish and then dug around for 20 more minutes looking for a 3rd disc because the Fetus gives you 10% off if you buy three discs at once. Fortunately my budget got the better of me - *cough* new Wilco on Tuesday, save your money *cough* - and I left with only the two.

The point of all of this is to say that the Owls disc is good and totally worth finding and that the new Phish does indeed have some great stuff on it but I wouldn't say it's their best. Your mileage may vary.

Phish - Undermind [amazon]
The Owls [theowls]