Mark said:
Seriously, if you thought Confessions was good, you are going to love this!
No hope for me then
And yes, The Last Shadow Puppets track is the one that sounds like a northern version of Knights of Cydonia by Muse. I think I just prefer the LSP version though. As much as I love the overblown mentality that is Knights of Cydonia, it does get a little bit tiresome quite quickly. Having said that, i've listened to Age of the Understatement a lot less so far, so I could yet get sick of that too.
One I don't think i've recommended before is City & Colour.
City & Colour's a 'one man with an acoustic guitar' act probably better known to some as Dallas Green (city, and colour, get it
), the one who sings properly in Alexisonfire.
Having some knowledge of Alexisonfire's music could be a blessing, or not. The contrast between their stuff and City & Colour is staggering that it always surprises me that someone in a hardcore band an come up with something so beautiful. Then again, with no knowledge of the sort of music Green is usually associated with, you may be able to appreciate a lovely acoustic artist for what he actually plays, rather than for who he is.
Anyway, the music itself. Its all just the one man and his acoustic guitar, as I said earlier, playing lovely, sometimes haunting, often quite uplifting acoustic stuff. I'm crap at describing music, so just listen for yourselves if you're interested, which you should be. You never know, you might like it.
Coming Home (parental advisory, he says '****')
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btjhdHX8pMo[/youtube]
Hello, I'm In Delaware (not the real video, seeing as there isn't one...)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnLULIGekIA&feature=related[/youtube]