The Morning Benders are a rad, rad pop band that have a lot of good albums under their belt. Chris Taylor of Grizzly Bear/general awesomeness fame has been working with them on their new album Big Echo. I’ve talked briefly with Chris Chu of the Morning Benders and Chris Taylor of GB and they’re both really excited for this new record. And now that the Morning Benders put up an acoustic demo of one of their new songs on Myspace, I can see why.
“Hand Me Downs” starts with a haunting vocal performance that sounds like a choir of ghosts are trying to cheer you up, but still wind up scaring you half to death. Then the vocals lose the scary and jump into the Morning Bender’s usual pop style, but the guitar manages to sneak a little bit of the spooky through the entire song. And I know it’s just a demo, but I’m having a hard time figuring out how they could drop the ball on this one. (Note to Chris Taylor/Chris Chu: DO NOT TAKE THAT AS A CHALLENGE.)
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