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Pictured: Now, Now Every Children. All pastels and droopy eyes. The way Easter should be.

There are two things we’re head over heals for at PV: really good music and local bands. So, oh my garsh if we can post about local bands making really good music! We like to think of our Minnesotan neighbors locally, especially those who make trips to play for us here in West-Central Wisconsin.

Now, Now Every Children is painfully introspective while taking in far too much of the world surrounding them. Their songs cast stories about complicated family situations or impossible friendships that give very few answers to the many questions they pose. Girly Eisley-like lead vocals ring perfectly true and clear through mounds of breathy keyboard and xylophone arrangements, clever percussion parts give much more than standard time and while guitars can feel a bit uncertain and a little chunk-chunky at times, they feel all the more genuine for it. It’s absolutely refreshing to hear a band who isn’t afraid to sound unsure of itself.

Now, Now Every Children - Everyone You Know

There are boatloads of good songs I could post for this band. This is the first song on the new In The City EP, a rockin’ cruiser, Everyone You Know.

Now, Now Every Children - Friends With My Sister

This is Friends With My Sister, the last song on the Not One, But Two EP. You must, must, must also go to Now, Now Every Children’s myspace page and listen to the demo version of the song Little Brother. So good, so, so good.