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Pictured: The Small Cities are all cursed with varying degrees of bedroom eyes.
Hey all, it’s been a long while since I’ve posted on here. I really have no excuse other than the fact that I am a 100% lazy-ass, white bread boy. And the end of the semester was a big welt on my back-side, but who wants to hear that? Anyway, I hope to be posting 3-4 times a week for the rest of the summer; you know, unless lightning strikes or something. Andy is leaving tomorrow for Arizona, so hopefully we can shoot some video and get that up while he’s gone. We wish him the best of luck while on his scorpion eating tour. Sounds great.

Anyway, The Small Cities are a pretty great band from Minneapolis. They sound like David Bazan and Low blowing apart your hollow construct of reality. Oh, and their bass player is pretty durn good too. I can’t really pick which song to pick up, as all of the EP is a pretty good balance of fun and crying. The first track, “This City” is a down tempo crier with wailing guitars and, um, people. The second track, “Fargo” would’ve been on the OC if the OC was still around and set in a small midwestern town with a good sense of melodrama. The guitars are reverby, the drums are driving, just check it out.

These guys have gotten a lot of good press lately. If you are one of our friends who reads this blog and lives in the Twin Cities, be sure to check them out. These are just the tip of the iceberg.

The Small Cities - This City

The Small Cities - Fargo