walk off the earth.

yes. guilty as charged. i haven't been keeping up with the blog much lately, mostly because every day has started to blend into the next and chasing after a toddler and a newborn is pretty time consuming. however, in my never ending quest for new music, i stumbled upon an article on twitter about a local canadian band called Walk Off the Earth, who's cover of Goyte's somebody that i used to know was the 2nd most viewed video on youtube in canada - second only to the vapid, tongue-in-cheek "gangnam style".  (m - i am not even going to link it here because i know you've already seen in a million times)

being a sucker for cover versions, i have to admit that i'm loving these guys - AND they are talented to boot.  not everyone can make maroon5 seem edgy and cool. 

and here i thought nothing good could come out of burlington. 

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somebody i used to know.

so i've listened to this song about a hundred times in the last couple of days.  goyte - aka wouter "wally" de backer - is a belgian/australian singer and songwriter who broke silverchair's reign as simultaneously holding the number 1 album and single spot with this song.  while i do like the first release from his independently released album "making mirrors" (see it here) this song beckons to me in a different way.  it's kind of like a blend of the police, sufjan stevens, with a little YES in there (i don't know why, but there's something in the song that reminds me of "owner of a lonely heart".)

it's also one of the best dissections of a relationship that i've heard in a long time - girl and boy fall in love, girl and boy don't work out, girl and boy decide they can be friends, then one of them decide to totally cut the other one out, much to the bewilderment of the other party.  i am not one to stay friends with my exes (seriously, i barely have time for people i like, much less an old boyfriend) and i have been known to let communication die a slow, natural death, but i've never had to send a friend over to collect my records from an ex. 

now that i think about it though, i'd never take records over to a non-permanent boyfriend's house - primarily because of this.  lol.  it would be sort of heartbreaking if my classic vinyl copy of the cure's "boys don't cry" was languishing in the basement of someone that i used to know.

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