Obvious Diversion

Music reviews on blogs are pretty useless. Unless you run a site dedicated to seeking out new tunes (a la Largehearted Boy), your music reviews are rightfully ignored by those who don’t already know the band mentioned in the subject line and met with supportive “rah-rah” style comments by those who do. So, if you’re still reading at this point, odds are you know and love The Beta Band and there’s no need for me to write out a long essay describing their brilliance or perhaps you just know me well enough to have a patience for my rambling. Either way, you have my appreciation.

According to iTunes, I’ve actually spent the last year listening to The Shins’ Chutes to Narrow more than anything else, but it seemed inappropriate to post it as my album of the year since it came out in October of 2003.